Senate roll call 298 · 87th Congress · Jul 19, 1962
S. 2996. Foreign assistance act of 1962. Morse motion to postpone until aug. 1, a vote on the conference report.
On Jul 19, 1962, the Senate voted 41–48 (S 2996). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–39, Republicans 25–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 41
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 19, 1962
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 39 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 10 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Maurice J. Murphy Jr. R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Joseph H. Bottum R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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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