Senate roll call 186 · 87th Congress · Sep 12, 1961
S. 2393. Federal aid to impacted school districts. Monroney amendment to extend impacted areas program and national defense education act for two tears. Passe
On Sep 12, 1961, the Senate voted 80–7 (S 2393). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–8, Republicans 34–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 80
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Sep 12, 1961
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 8 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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