Senate roll call 300 · 86th Congress · May 2, 1960
S. 3058. Kuckel motion to table a motion to reconsider the vote on the ellender amend. (nixon voted yea to break 44-44 tie).
On May 2, 1960, the Senate voted 44–44 (S 3058). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–41, Republicans 29–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 44
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 2, 1960
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- 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
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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