Senate roll call 154 · 88th Congress · Oct 15, 1963
HR. 6143. Ervin/cooper amend. To exclude from the grant & loan programs any institutions which were owned, con grant & loan programs any institutions which wer
On Oct 15, 1963, the Senate voted 27–54 (HR 6143). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–40, Republicans 10–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 30 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
- 27
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Oct 15, 1963
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 40 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Herbert Sanford Walters D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- 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
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Did not vote
Other votes
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