Senate roll call 88 · 88th Congress · Jul 30, 1963
HR. 6016. Dirksen motion to recommit.
On Jul 30, 1963, the Senate voted 25–64 (HR 6016). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–61, Republicans 23–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 25
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 30, 1963
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 61 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 10 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- 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
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson 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
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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