Senate roll call 61 · 86th Congress · May 14, 1959
HR. 5916. Second supplemental approp. Bill: motion to reconsider voice vote agreeing to conference report.
On May 14, 1959, the Senate voted 33–45 (HR 5916). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–22, Republicans 1–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 33
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 14, 1959
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 28 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “HR. 5916. Second supplemental approp. Bill…: Senate Vote, May 14, 1959,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-S-61/hr-5916-second-supplemental-approp-bill-motion-to-reconsider (accessed 2026-10-17).