Senate roll call 133 · 88th Congress · Sep 24, 1963
Exec. M. Approval of resolution of ratification.
On Sep 24, 1963, the Senate voted 80–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–11, Republicans 25–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Sep 24, 1963
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY voted no
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Howard Edmondson 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Herbert Sanford Walters D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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