Senate roll call 116 · 86th Congress · Jul 8, 1959
S. 1451. Bridges-johnston amend. To suspend aid to any country determined to be expropriating U.S.-owned property without adequate compensation.
On Jul 8, 1959, the Senate voted 59–32 (S 1451). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–26, Republicans 26–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 59
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 8, 1959
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
Other votes
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