Senate roll call 86 · 87th Congress · Jun 29, 1961
S. RES. 147. Resolution disapproving President's reorganization plan for federal trade commission. Rejected. Nay supports President's position.
On Jun 29, 1961, the Senate voted 31–47 (SRE 147). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–56, Republicans 35–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 31
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 29, 1961
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 56 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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