Senate roll call 78 · 87th Congress · Jun 20, 1961
HR 7444. Fiscal 1962 appropriations authorization for agriculture department and commodities credit corporation. Douglas amendment to reduce conservation payme
On Jun 20, 1961, the Senate voted 26–64 (HR 7444). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–52, Republicans 18–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 26
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 20, 1961
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 52 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- 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 Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-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
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- 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
Voted present
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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