Senate roll call 387 · 89th Congress · Aug 5, 1966
To amend H.R. 15119, the 1966 unemployment insurance amendments, by requiring the state law to provide that an unemployed covered individual would be entitled t
On Aug 5, 1966, the Senate voted 38–43 (HR 15119). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–24, Republicans 6–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 38
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Aug 5, 1966
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 27 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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