Senate roll call 67 · 88th Congress · May 27, 1963
S. 1576. Authorize $848.5 million in grants over a 10-year period to launch a research, treatment & construction program for the mentally ill or retarded. Mans
On May 27, 1963, the Senate voted 43–27 (HR 1507). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–13, Republicans 2–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 43
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 27, 1963
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 28 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- 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
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- 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
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- 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
- James Howard Edmondson D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Voted present
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edwin Leard Mechem R-NM
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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