Senate roll call 309 · 86th Congress · May 4, 1960
HR. 10234. Dept. Of commerce and related agencies appropriations. Williams motion that the Senate insist on its amendment to prohibit U.S.-flag shipping compa
On May 4, 1960, the Senate voted 38–46 (HR 10234). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–35, Republicans 22–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 46
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 4, 1960
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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