Senate roll call 180 · 85th Congress · May 28, 1958
HR. 12065. Temporary unemployment compensation act of 1958. Amendment to provide federal administration of temporary benefit program if states do not act. Rej
On May 28, 1958, the Senate voted 26–54 (HR 12065). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–34, Democrats 21–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 26
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 28, 1958
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 22 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 34 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Frederick George Payne 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 Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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