Senate roll call 232 · 85th Congress · Jul 1, 1958
HR. 7963. Small business act of 1958. Amendment to make small business administration a permanent federal agency. Accepted. Yea supports President's positio
On Jul 1, 1958, the Senate voted 55–26 (HR 7963). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–24, Republicans 40–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 55
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 1, 1958
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 24 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 7963: To amend the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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