Senate roll call 149 · 87th Congress · Aug 18, 1961
S. 1983. Foreign assistance act. Gruening amendment establishing ceiling on interest rates for relending of DLF funds in any recipient nation. Agreed to.
On Aug 18, 1961, the Senate voted 74–16 (S 1983). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–16, Republicans 34–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 18, 1961
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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