Senate roll call 88 · 85th Congress · Aug 10, 1957
HR. 6517. Raise contributions of d.c. Police and firemen to their pension system. Passed.
On Aug 10, 1957, the Senate voted 45–19 (HR 6517). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–1, Republicans 15–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 45
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Aug 10, 1957
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith 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
- 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
- William Langer 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
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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