Senate roll call 152 · 89th Congress · Jul 12, 1965
To table the williams amendment to H.R. 8775, a bill for fiscal 1966 legislative appropriations. The amendment provides that any amounts remaining from a senat
On Jul 12, 1965, the Senate voted 37–42 (HR 8775). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–22, Republicans 4–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 89th Congress (1965–1966), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 12, 1965
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 28 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-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
- 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
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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