Senate roll call 264 · 85th Congress · Aug 6, 1958
S. 1846. District of columbia charter act. Establish d. C. Charter commission to draft a home rule charter to be voted on by d. C. Residents. Rejected. Nay s
On Aug 6, 1958, the Senate voted 17–63 (S 1846). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–30, Republicans 2–38. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 17
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 6, 1958
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 30 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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