Senate roll call 62 · 83rd Congress · Jul 14, 1953
Status of forces (NATO) treaty (executive t.) agreement between the NATO countries making arrangements concerning troops of one country sent to serve in the te
On Jul 14, 1953, the Senate voted 27–53. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–27, Democrats 12–26, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 27
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 14, 1953
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-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
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Willis Smith 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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