Senate roll call 102 · 87th Congress · Jul 26, 1961
S. 1643. Agricultural act. Miller amendment to long amendment (CQ 103). Substitute attorney general for secretary of agriculture as official to determine whe
On Jul 26, 1961, the Senate voted 32–42 (S 1643). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–46, Republicans 26–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 26, 1961
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 46 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- 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
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- 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
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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