Senate roll call 151 · 86th Congress · Aug 12, 1959
S. 747. Transfer 2,500 acres held by army as part of joliet arsenal to the state of illinois for $286,638 for recreation & wildlife conservation use. Morse mot
On Aug 12, 1959, the Senate voted 13–83 (S 747). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–54, Republicans 3–30. 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
- 13
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 12, 1959
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 54 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 30 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long 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
- James Oliver Eastland 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
- 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
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- William Langer R-ND
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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