Senate roll call 56 · 87th Congress · Jun 7, 1961
HR 6345. Fiscal 1962 interior department appropriations. Dirksen amendment to reduce amount for forest protection. Agreed to. Yea supports President's positio
On Jun 7, 1961, the Senate voted 77–13 (HR 6345). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–15, Republicans 33–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 77
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 7, 1961
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 15 no
- Republicans33 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges 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
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- 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
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Voted present
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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