Senate roll call 372 · 86th Congress · Jun 23, 1960
Nomination of vice adm. Ralph wilson as a member of the federal maritime board.
On Jun 23, 1960, the Senate voted 68–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–19, Republicans 34–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 68
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 23, 1960
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 19 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Clair Engle D-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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- 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
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Clair Engle D-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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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