Senate roll call 131 · 88th Congress · Sep 23, 1963
Exec. M. Javits motion to table russell amend. (below)
On Sep 23, 1963, the Senate voted 8–79. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–56, Republicans 1–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Sep 23, 1963
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 56 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 31 no
Who broke with their party
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
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
- 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
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- 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
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson 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
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Herbert Sanford Walters D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Voted present
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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