Senate roll call 123 · 83rd Congress · Apr 1, 1954
S. 49. Statehood for hawaii. Monroney amend. Providing that after the people of hawaii and alaska have organized gov'TS pursuant to the constitutions of their
On Apr 1, 1954, the Senate voted 24–60 (S 49). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–23, Republicans 4–39, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 24
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 39 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall 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
- Robert William Upton 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- 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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