Senate roll call 2 · 89th Congress · Jan 28, 1965
To agree to a substitute amendment to S. 4, the 1965 water quality act, concerning water quality standards and reviewing.
On Jan 28, 1965, the Senate voted 29–54 (S 4). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–55, Republicans 23–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 29
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Jan 28, 1965
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 55 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- 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 no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- 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
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings 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
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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