Senate roll call 73 · 86th Congress · Jun 3, 1959
HR. 7175. Williams amend. To reduce the calendar 1960 advance authorization for the soil bank reserve program from $450 million to $375 million.
On Jun 3, 1959, the Senate voted 37–48 (HR 7175). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–50, Republicans 26–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 37
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 3, 1959
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 50 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- 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
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- 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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