Senate roll call 68 · 83rd Congress · Jul 17, 1953
S. 2175. Williams amend. To increase from 6 per cent to 9 per cent rate of retirement deductions from salary of members of Congress and legislative employees.
On Jul 17, 1953, the Senate voted 19–58 (S 2175). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–28, Democrats 7–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 17, 1953
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 28 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely 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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