Senate roll call 389 · 89th Congress · Aug 8, 1966
To table williams motion to H.R. 15119, the 1966 unemployment insurance amendments, to reconsider vote by which long amendment was rejected.
On Aug 8, 1966, the Senate voted 43–36 (HR 15119). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–42, Republicans 25–6. 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
- 43
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Aug 8, 1966
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 42 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- 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
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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