Senate roll call 343 · 87th Congress · Aug 17, 1962
HR 11040. Pastore motion to table long amend. To define the term "communications common carrier" in order to make persons and companies other than large intern
On Aug 17, 1962, the Senate voted 50–29 (HR 11040). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–32, Republicans 32–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 50
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 17, 1962
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 32 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright 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
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- 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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- 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
- Frank John Lausche 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
- Joseph H. Bottum R-SD
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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