Senate roll call 416 · 89th Congress · Aug 17, 1966
To agree to a substitute for the russell-saltonstall amendment to H.R. 15941, the defense appropriations. The substitute authorizes the President, without a de
On Aug 17, 1966, the Senate voted 26–62 (HR 15941). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–52, Republicans 21–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Aug 17, 1966
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 52 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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