Senate roll call 6 · 83rd Congress · Feb 10, 1953
HR. 1979. Amend the reorganization act of 1949 so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted before april 1, 1955. MC clellan amend. To perm
On Feb 10, 1953, the Senate voted 16–64 (HR 1979). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–44, Democrats 14–31, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 10, 1953
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 44 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
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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