Senate roll call 174 · 87th Congress · Sep 6, 1961
S. 174. Establish national wilderness preservation system. Allott amendment to have appropriate secretary, not the President, make exceptions to rules covering
On Sep 6, 1961, the Senate voted 35–51 (S 174). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–49, Republicans 26–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 35
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Sep 6, 1961
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 49 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Benjamin A. Smith II 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
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
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