Senate roll call 25 · 86th Congress · Mar 23, 1959
S. 722. Author. Fed. Loans and grants for redevel. Of depressed rural and industrial areas: amend to substitute industrial redevel. Only.
On Mar 23, 1959, the Senate voted 43–52 (S 722). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–49, Republicans 29–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 43
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 23, 1959
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 49 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- 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
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “S. 722. Author. Fed. Loans and grants for…: Senate Vote, Mar 23, 1959,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-S-25/s-722-author-fed-loans-and-grants-for-redevel (accessed 2026-10-17).