Senate roll call 85 · 86th Congress · Jun 19, 1959
Nomination of lewis strauss as secretary of commerce.
On Jun 19, 1959, the Senate voted 46–49. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–48, Republicans 32–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 46
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 19, 1959
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 48 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-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 Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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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