Senate roll call 265 · 83rd Congress · Dec 1, 1954
S. RES. 301. Mundt amend. Providing that in lieu of censure, Senate disavows and disapproves intemperate statements of MC carthy, and suggesting that the rules
On Dec 1, 1954, the Senate voted 15–74 (SRE 301). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–46, Republicans 15–29, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 46 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 29 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- 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 Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Charles Ezra Daniel D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Did not vote
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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