Senate roll call 317 · 89th Congress · Jun 15, 1966
To pass H.R. 12322, the cotton research and promotion act.
On Jun 15, 1966, the Senate voted 49–20 (HR 12322). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–9, Republicans 13–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 89th Congress (1965–1966), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 49
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jun 15, 1966
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- 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 R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ross Bass D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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