Senate roll call 182 · 85th Congress · Jun 4, 1958
HR. 12181. Mutual security act of 1958. Amendment to place funds for military assistance and defense support under department of defense budget. Rejected.
On Jun 4, 1958, the Senate voted 16–56 (HR 12181). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–27, Republicans 2–34. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 4, 1958
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 27 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 34 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
H.R. 12181: To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “HR. 12181. Mutual security act of 1958…: Senate Vote, Jun 4, 1958,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-S-182/hr-12181-mutual-security-act-of-1958-amendment-to (accessed 2026-10-17).