Senate roll call 436 · 89th Congress · Aug 26, 1966
To amend H.R. 13712, fair labor standards, by exempting shellers of shellfish from the minimum wage as well as the overtime provisions.
On Aug 26, 1966, the Senate voted 23–55 (HR 13712). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–42, Republicans 11–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 23
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 26, 1966
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 42 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- 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
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- 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
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty 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
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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