Senate roll call 140 · 85th Congress · Mar 20, 1958
S. 3420. Extension of agricultural trade development and assistance act. Amendment to restrict extension of law to one year. Rejected. Yea supports presiden
On Mar 20, 1958, the Senate voted 38–42 (S 3420). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–43, Republicans 35–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 20, 1958
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
S. 3420: A bill to extend and amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- 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
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-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 Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “S. 3420. Extension of agricultural trade…: Senate Vote, Mar 20, 1958,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-S-140/s-3420-extension-of-agricultural-trade-development-and-assistance (accessed 2026-10-17).