Senate roll call 136 · 83rd Congress · Apr 28, 1954
Ratification of international sugar agreement treaty.
On Apr 28, 1954, the Senate voted 60–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–5, Democrats 25–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 60
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 28, 1954
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold 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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