Senate roll call 160 · 87th Congress · Aug 30, 1961
HR 7371. Fiscal 1962 appropriations for the departments of state and justice and the judiciary. Mansfield motion to suspend rules to consider extension of civ
On Aug 30, 1961, the Senate voted 72–21 (HR 7371). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–19, Republicans 31–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 72
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 30, 1961
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 19 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Benjamin A. Smith II 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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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