Senate roll call 61 · 83rd Congress · Jul 13, 1953
Executive d. German external debts. Provide for payment of approximately $546.6 million in pre-WW II german debts to U.S. Bondholders.
On Jul 13, 1953, the Senate voted 46–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–5, Democrats 17–11, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 46
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 13, 1953
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John James Williams R-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
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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