Senate roll call 51 · 83rd Congress · Jun 30, 1953
S. 2128. Further amend the mutual security act of 1951. Dirksen amend. Authorizing the pres. To make available $25 million of authorized appropriations for pur
On Jun 30, 1953, the Senate voted 28–42 (S 2128). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–32, Republicans 22–10, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 30, 1953
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 32 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Did not vote
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Willis Smith 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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