Senate roll call 120 · 83rd Congress · Mar 25, 1954
HR 8224. Williams amend. To continue excise taxes as they are w/the exception of the reduction on admission taxes.
On Mar 25, 1954, the Senate voted 34–54 (HR 8224). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–30, Republicans 19–27, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 34
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 25, 1954
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 30 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- 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
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
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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