Senate roll call 63 · 86th Congress · May 22, 1959
S. 1968. Bill to provide new wheat program: humphrey motion to amend below amendment to limit $35,000 any price support loan on any one agricultural commodity
On May 22, 1959, the Senate voted 24–52 (S 1968). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–32, Republicans 2–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 24
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 22, 1959
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 32 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 27 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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