Senate roll call 249 · 86th Congress · Mar 10, 1960
Civil rights proposals. Douglas-javits motion to limit debate by invoking cloture.
On Mar 10, 1960, the Senate voted 42–53. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–33, Republicans 12–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 43 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
- 42
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 10, 1960
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 33 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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