Senate roll call 72 · 83rd Congress · Jul 21, 1953
S. 2047. Douglas amend. Limiting sale of copolymer facilities to not more than 6 or to the 4 largest rubber producers.
On Jul 21, 1953, the Senate voted 34–45 (S 2047). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–39, Democrats 32–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 45
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 21, 1953
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 39 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- 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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