Senate roll call 8 · 85th Congress · Mar 5, 1957
S.J.RES. 19. Authorize program of military and economic cooperation with middle eastern nations. Amendment directing President to notify Congress before using
On Mar 5, 1957, the Senate voted 28–64 (SJRE 19). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–23, Republicans 4–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 28
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 5, 1957
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Langer R-ND
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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