Senate roll call 27 · 85th Congress · May 20, 1957
HR. 7221. 3rd fiscal 1957 supplemental appropriation. Amendment to provide that appropriation for feed and seed in disaster areas can be used only by those sta
On May 20, 1957, the Senate voted 27–51 (HR 7221). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–41, Republicans 25–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- May 20, 1957
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-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
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- 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
- 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
- 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
Voted present
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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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