Senate roll call 274 · 85th Congress · Aug 13, 1958
HR. 13247. National defense education act. Federal grants and loans authorized for 7 year aid program to students and schools. Amendment to add annual grants
On Aug 13, 1958, the Senate voted 30–61 (HR 13247). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–25, Republicans 8–38. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 31 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
- 30
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 13, 1958
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
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