Senate roll call 19 · 88th Congress · Apr 4, 1963
S. 6. Tower amend. To strike from morse amend. (below) language requiring as a condition of granting aid that "fair & equitable arrangements" be made for the p
On Apr 4, 1963, the Senate voted 23–68 (S 6). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–55, Republicans 17–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 23
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Apr 4, 1963
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 55 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 15 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Howard Edmondson 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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