Senate roll call 58 · 87th Congress · Jun 7, 1961
S. 1922. 1961 housing act. Authorize $6.2 billion for existing or new housing programs. Capehart amendment to reduce maximum term and value of loans under TH
On Jun 7, 1961, the Senate voted 35–56 (S 1922). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–55, Republicans 30–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 35
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 7, 1961
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 55 no
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
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
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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