Senate roll call 306 · 85th Congress · Aug 24, 1958
HR. 2. Authorize three-year program testing effect of water diversion from lake michigan into illinois waterway. Motion to table the bill. Rejected.
On Aug 24, 1958, the Senate voted 28–30 (HR 2). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–9, Democrats 7–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 28
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 24, 1958
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case 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
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case 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
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-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
- 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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