Senate roll call 38 · 83rd Congress · Jun 3, 1953
HR 4974. Mundt motion to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amend. Inserting a provision for the acquisition of buildings abroad.
On Jun 3, 1953, the Senate voted 48–23 (HR 4974). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–17, Republicans 29–6, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 48
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 3, 1953
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- 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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