Senate roll call 184 · 86th Congress · Aug 31, 1959
HR. 1. Mansfield motion to table case (s.d.) motion to refer HR. 1 to foreign relations committee.
On Aug 31, 1959, the Senate voted 38–42 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–28, Republicans 12–22. 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 31, 1959
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 28 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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