Senate rules: motion to table motion to consider adoption of rules.

On Jan 9, 1959, the Senate voted 60–36. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–23, Republicans 20–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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: 60
No: 36
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jan 9, 1959

By party

Democrats41 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
Philip Aloysius Hart 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
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM 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
Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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