Senate roll call 31 · 83rd Congress · Jun 1, 1953
HR 4974. Appropriations for the depts. Of state, justice, and commerce. Committee amend. Allocating foreign currencies and credits owed to U.S. In amount equa
On Jun 1, 1953, the Senate voted 34–38 (HR 4974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–15, Democrats 13–22, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 34
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 1, 1953
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Charles Ezra Daniel D-SC
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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