Senate roll call 153 · 85th Congress · Apr 16, 1958
S. 3497. Community facilities act of 1958. Reduce the funds authorized in the bill. Rejected. Yea supports President's position.
On Apr 16, 1958, the Senate voted 33–52 (S 3497). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–44, Republicans 35–10. 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
- 33
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Apr 16, 1958
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 44 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-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
- 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
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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