Senate roll call 164 · 87th Congress · Aug 30, 1961
HR 7371. Fiscal 1962 appropriations for the departments of state and justice and the judiciary. Mansfield motion to table (kill) keating amendment authorizing
On Aug 30, 1961, the Senate voted 50–40 (HR 7371). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–27, Republicans 18–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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
- 50
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Aug 30, 1961
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 27 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 15 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- 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
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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