Senate roll call 40 · 83rd Congress · Jun 4, 1953
HR 4974. Ellender motion to table douglas motion to reconsider vote on amend. Concerning acquisition of buildings abroad.
On Jun 4, 1953, the Senate voted 64–16 (HR 4974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–4, Democrats 26–14, Independents 0–1. 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
- 64
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 4, 1953
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Thomas A. Burke D-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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