Senate roll call 26 · 85th Congress · May 20, 1957
HR. 7221. 3rd fiscal 1957 supplemental appropriation. Amendment to provide $30 million for acquisition of strategic minerals. Adopted. Yea supports President
On May 20, 1957, the Senate voted 61–17 (HR 7221). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–3, Republicans 23–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 61
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- May 20, 1957
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 17 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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