Senate roll call 230 · 85th Congress · Jun 30, 1958
HR. 7999. Statehood for alaska. Amendment to eliminate provision for national defense withdrawals by order of President. Rejected. Nay support President's p
On Jun 30, 1958, the Senate voted 16–67 (HR 7999). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–33, Republicans 6–39. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 16
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 30, 1958
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 33 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 39 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 7999: To provide for the admission of the State of Alaska Into the Union.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith 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 Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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