Senate roll call 97 · 86th Congress · Jun 25, 1959
HR. 7523. Smathers motion to table motion to reconsider the voice vote by which the committee amendment repealing the 10% transportation tax was agreed to.
On Jun 25, 1959, the Senate voted 52–26 (HR 7523). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–12, Republicans 15–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 52
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 25, 1959
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
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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