Senate roll call 170 · 83rd Congress · Jun 29, 1954
HR 303. Transfer the maintenance and operation of hospital and health facilities for indians to the public health service. Passage.
On Jun 29, 1954, the Senate voted 57–27 (HR 303). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–0, Democrats 13–28, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 57
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 29, 1954
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Clyde Roark Hoey 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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