Senate roll call 331 · 86th Congress · Jun 9, 1960
S. 2759. Wheat act of 1960, setting wheat price supports and cutting total wheat acreage 20%. Hikenlooper amend. To extend the convervation reserve program TH
On Jun 9, 1960, the Senate voted 32–59 (S 2759). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–58, Republicans 28–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 32
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 9, 1960
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 58 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-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
- 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
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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