Senate roll call 89 · 83rd Congress · Jul 29, 1953
HR 6391. Passage.
On Jul 29, 1953, the Senate voted 69–10 (HR 6391). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–1, Republicans 31–9, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 69
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 29, 1953
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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 Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
Voted present
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
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.