Senate roll call 62 · 89th Congress · May 20, 1965
To amend S. 1564, the mansfield-dirksen substitute for the 1965 voting rights act, by providing that completion of that grade of school education in american-FL
On May 20, 1965, the Senate voted 48–19 (S 1564). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–11, Republicans 6–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 48
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 20, 1965
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
S. 1564: A bill to enforce the 15th amendment to the Constitution of the United States
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John James Williams R-DE
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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