Senate roll call 108 · 86th Congress · Jul 7, 1959
S. 1451. Elender amend. To reduce military assistance authorization from $1,600,000,000 to $1,050,000,000.
On Jul 7, 1959, the Senate voted 38–55 (S 1451). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–31, Republicans 9–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 members voted against their own party.
During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 7, 1959
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 31 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 2 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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