Senate roll call 64 · 83rd Congress · Jul 15, 1953
HR 5898. Extend until dec. 31, 1953, the period w/respect to which the excess-profits tax shall be effective. Williams amend. Increasing excess-profits/tax exe
On Jul 15, 1953, the Senate voted 34–52 (HR 5898). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–36, Democrats 26–16, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 34
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 15, 1953
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 36 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Herman Welker R-ID
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
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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