Senate roll call 178 · 85th Congress · May 28, 1958
HR. 12065. Temporary unemployment compensation act of 1958. Amendment to increase public assistance to aged, blind, and disabled by raising federal share of t
On May 28, 1958, the Senate voted 40–40 (HR 12065). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 39–6, Republicans 8–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 40
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 28, 1958
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 36 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- 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
- 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- 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
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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