Senate roll call 181 · 86th Congress · Aug 26, 1959
HR. 1. Mansfield motion to proceed with consideration.
On Aug 26, 1959, the Senate voted 72–19 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–8, Republicans 23–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 72
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 26, 1959
By party
- Democrats51 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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