Senate roll call 112 · 83rd Congress · Mar 15, 1954
HR 5976. Amend section 1 of the natural gas act. Morse motion to recommit w/instructions to hold hearings.
On Mar 15, 1954, the Senate voted 25–52 (HR 5976). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–35, Democrats 19–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 25
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 15, 1954
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA 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
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-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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