Senate roll call 206 · 88th Congress · Dec 3, 1963
HR. 8667. Authorize $950,847,000 for 11 river basins & 6 new reservoir & flood control projects. Passage.
On Dec 3, 1963, the Senate voted 59–19 (HR 8667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 62–5, Republicans 13–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 59
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Dec 3, 1963
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 17 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Voted present
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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