Senate roll call 271 · 85th Congress · Aug 12, 1958
S. 2266. Navy yard wages. Motion to pass bill over presidential veto. Two-thirds vote required. Passed. Nay supports President's position.
On Aug 12, 1958, the Senate voted 69–20 (S 2266). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–2, Republicans 27–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 69
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 12, 1958
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 19 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-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
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
Did not vote
Other votes
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