Senate roll call 28 · 87th Congress · Apr 19, 1961
HR 3935. Fair labor standards amendments of 1961. Goldwater amendment to require the secretary of labor to recommend quotas or tariffs on imports from low wage
On Apr 19, 1961, the Senate voted 39–55 (HR 3935). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–48, Republicans 25–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 39
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Apr 19, 1961
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 48 no
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR 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
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- 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
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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