Senate roll call 114 · 86th Congress · Jul 8, 1959
S. 1451. Morse amend. To reduce special assistance authorization from $244,620,00 to $200 million.
On Jul 8, 1959, the Senate voted 40–51 (S 1451). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–29, Republicans 9–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 40
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 8, 1959
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 29 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN 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
- 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- 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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
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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