Senate roll call 270 · 83rd Congress · Dec 1, 1954
S. RES. 301. Reported second amend. As modified and amended.
On Dec 1, 1954, the Senate voted 64–24 (SRE 301). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–0, Republicans 19–25, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 83rd Congress (1953–1954), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 25 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Charles Ezra Daniel D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Did not vote
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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