Senate roll call 305 · 85th Congress · Aug 24, 1958
HR. 29 authorize three-year program testing effect of water diversion from lake michigan into illinois waterway. Mcnamara amendment to provide specifically TH
On Aug 24, 1958, the Senate voted 29–28 (HR 29). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–24, Republicans 24–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 29
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 24, 1958
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 24 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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