Senate roll call 197 · 87th Congress · Sep 19, 1961
HR 8444. Establish regulations for d.c. Suffrage in presidential elections. Long (louisiana) amendment making 21 the minimum voting age. Agreed to. Nay supp
On Sep 19, 1961, the Senate voted 38–36 (HR 8444). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–36, Republicans 15–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 38
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Sep 19, 1961
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 36 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 8444: To amend the act of August 12, 1955, relating to elections in the District of Columbia
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
Voted present
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- George David Aiken R-VT
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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