Senate roll call 140 · 86th Congress · Jul 30, 1959
HR. 7040. Independent offices appropriations; adoption of conference report. Young motion that Senate recede from its amend. To increase house-approved funds
On Jul 30, 1959, the Senate voted 12–71 (HR 7040). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–47, Republicans 0–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 30, 1959
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 47 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Philip Aloysius Hart 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
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney 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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Capitol Receipts, “HR. 7040. Independent offices…: Senate Vote, Jul 30, 1959,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-S-140/hr-7040-independent-offices-appropriations-adoption-of-conference-repo (accessed 2026-10-17).