Senate roll call 355 · 86th Congress · Jun 20, 1960
HR. 12381. Finance comm. Amend. To repeal the 10% tax on local telephone calls and on domestic telegrams.
On Jun 20, 1960, the Senate voted 30–54 (HR 12381). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–34, Republicans 10–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 30
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 20, 1960
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 34 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- 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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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