Senate roll call 165 · 85th Congress · Apr 28, 1958
S. 2888. Welfare and pension plans disclosure act. Amend to permit NLRB to decline jurisdiction in labor disputes not affecting commerce, permitting states to
On Apr 28, 1958, the Senate voted 35–51 (S 2888). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–46, Republicans 37–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 35
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Apr 28, 1958
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 46 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
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
- 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
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-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
- 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
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- 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 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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