Senate roll call 269 · 85th Congress · Aug 11, 1958
HR. 7125. Excise tax technical changes act of 1958. Amendment to fix the gas percentage depletion allowance. Rejected.
On Aug 11, 1958, the Senate voted 31–58 (HR 7125). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–36, Democrats 23–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 31
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 11, 1958
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 36 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
The bill
H.R. 7125: To make technical changes in the Federal excise tax laws, and for other purposes.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- 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
- Ralph Webster Yarborough 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
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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