Senate roll call 316 · 87th Congress · Aug 13, 1962
HR 11040. Kefauver amend. To require the pres. To determine the kind of communications satellite system to be used.
On Aug 13, 1962, the Senate voted 14–54 (HR 11040). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–45, Republicans 1–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 14
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 13, 1962
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 45 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 30 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- 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
- 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
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Joseph H. Bottum R-SD
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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