Senate roll call 33 · 85th Congress · May 29, 1957
HR. 6659. Omnibus housing bill of 1957. Amendment to provide increased rates of interest on college housing loans. Rejected. Yea supports President's positi
On May 29, 1957, the Senate voted 16–54 (HR 6659). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–48, Republicans 19–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 54
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- May 29, 1957
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 48 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel 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
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-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
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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