Senate roll call 60 · 83rd Congress · Jul 13, 1953
Executives d,e,f, and g. German debt treaties. Provide for settlement of pre-WW II german debts to U.S. Bondholders; repayment by west german republic of $1 b
On Jul 13, 1953, the Senate voted 16–51. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–37, Democrats 14–17, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 16
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 13, 1953
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 37 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John James Williams R-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler 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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
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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