Senate roll call 253 · 88th Congress · Feb 5, 1964
HR. 8363. Mansfield motion to table mccarthy amend. Allowing single persons age 35 or older to quality as "heads of households" w/lower tax rates than apply to
On Feb 5, 1964, the Senate voted 33–46 (HR 8363). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–38, Republicans 9–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Feb 5, 1964
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 38 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 20 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- 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
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-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
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- 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
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
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