Senate roll call 76 · 87th Congress · Jun 13, 1961
Nomination of h. Morgan as member of federal power commission. Confirmed. Yea supports President's position.
On Jun 13, 1961, the Senate voted 57–27. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–1, Republicans 3–30. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 57
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 13, 1961
By party
- Democrats61 yes · 1 no
- Republicans3 yes · 30 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Voted present
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- William Arvis Blakley D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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