Senate roll call 315 · 88th Congress · Jun 11, 1964
HR. 7152. Smathers amend. To bring discrimination because of age under the section outlawing certain employment practices.
On Jun 11, 1964, the Senate voted 28–63 (HR 7152). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–44, Republicans 10–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 30 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
- 28
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jun 11, 1964
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 44 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Herbert Sanford Walters D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- 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
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Jack Richard Miller 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
- 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
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-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
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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