Senate roll call 354 · 86th Congress · Jun 18, 1960
HR. 12381. Provide a one-year increase in the national debt ceiling from its permanent level of $285 billion to $293 billion and extend for one year the curren
On Jun 18, 1960, the Senate voted 39–26 (HR 12381). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–31, Republicans 26–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 39
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 18, 1960
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 31 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- 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
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Voted present
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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