Senate roll call 411 · 87th Congress · Oct 1, 1962
HR 12900. Proxmire amend. To eliminate $750,000 to begin construction of the glen elder dam, kansas.
On Oct 1, 1962, the Senate voted 17–52 (HR 12900). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–36, Republicans 5–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 17
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Oct 1, 1962
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 36 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Maurice J. Murphy Jr. R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Joseph H. Bottum R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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