Senate roll call 248 · 85th Congress · Jul 25, 1958
S. 4071. Agricultural act. Amendment to make support floors on cotton, rice and corn temporary. Rejected.
On Jul 25, 1958, the Senate voted 33–51 (S 4071). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–43, Republicans 34–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 51
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 25, 1958
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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