HR. 1. Authorize for one year the diversion of additional water from lake michigan into the chicago sanitary canal system. Mansfield motion to table lausche mo

On Aug 26, 1959, the Senate voted 66–21 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–9, Republicans 21–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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: 66
No: 21
Did not vote: 3
Date: Aug 26, 1959

By party

Democrats48 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
John James Williams R-DE voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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