Senate roll call 270 · 87th Congress · Jun 11, 1962
HR 10802. Appropriations for interior dept.: moss amend. To provide $129,800 to add 16 public information and education officers in regional offices of the bu
On Jun 11, 1962, the Senate voted 28–41 (HR 10802). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–21, Republicans 0–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 28
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 11, 1962
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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 Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Maurice J. Murphy Jr. R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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