Senate roll call 124 · 83rd Congress · Apr 1, 1954
S. 49. Smathers amend. Providing that the issue of statehood or commonwealth status for hawaii and alaska shall be decided by referendum.
On Apr 1, 1954, the Senate voted 26–59 (S 49). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–20, Republicans 3–39, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 26
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 39 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt 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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