Senate roll call 177 · 88th Congress · Nov 12, 1963
HR. 7885. Humphrey amend. To remove the peace corps & the mutual educational & cultural exchange act from coverage by provisions requiring cessation of aid UN
On Nov 12, 1963, the Senate voted 75–16 (HR 7885). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–10, Republicans 25–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 75
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Nov 12, 1963
By party
- Democrats57 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 7885: To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-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
- 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
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Herbert Sanford Walters D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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