Senate roll call 99 · 88th Congress · Aug 14, 1963
S.1321. National services corps act, authorizing a program of volunteer public service. Proxmire amend. Limiting the program to two years & setting the fiscal
On Aug 14, 1963, the Senate voted 51–34 (S 1321). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–36, Republicans 30–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 51
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 14, 1963
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 36 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs 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
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
- John James Williams R-DE
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
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