Senate roll call 276 · 86th Congress · Apr 4, 1960
HR. 8601. Dirksen motion to table hennings amend. To referees section, adding a plan for presidentially appointed enrollment officers to register negroes.
On Apr 4, 1960, the Senate voted 58–26 (HR 8601). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–30, Republicans 26–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 58
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Apr 4, 1960
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 30 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Dennis Chavez 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
- Hall Stoner Lusk 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
H.R. 8601: To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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