Senate roll call 267 · 83rd Congress · Dec 1, 1954
S. RES. 301. Committee amend. Indicating reasons why conduct of MC carthy is contrary to senatorial traditions, and tends to bring the Senate into disrepute.
On Dec 1, 1954, the Senate voted 67–20 (SRE 301). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–0, Republicans 23–22, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 67
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- 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 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
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton 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
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-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
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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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