Senate roll call 82 · 83rd Congress · Jul 29, 1953
HR 6481 (same as S. 1917) passage.
On Jul 29, 1953, the Senate voted 63–30 (HR 6481). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–22, Republicans 38–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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
- 63
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 29, 1953
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Voted present
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
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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