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Herbert Walters

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 17, 1891 in Leadvale, TN
Died: August 17, 1973 in Knoxville, TN

Education:

  • Attended Carson-Newman College and University of Tennessee

Career:

  • Banker
  • Chairman of the board/president of Walters & Prather, Inc.
  • TN Highway Department commissioner, 1934-1935
  • University of Tennessee trustee, 1961-1973

Elected Office:

  • TN House, 1933-1935
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on August 20, 1963 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Estes Kefauver



Key Senate Vote Data for Herbert Walters in 1963


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Walters
Voted
1963-09-23 Tie Treaty to Soviet Withdrawal from Cuba Rejected
(17-75)
Goldwater (R-AZ) reservation of ratification of the Test Ban Treaty, to make United States ratification contingent upon a complete and U.N.-inspected withdrawal of Soviet nuclear weapons and military and technical personnel from Cuba.

1963-10-21 Education Facilities Spending [HR6143] Rejected
(21-53)
Goldwater (R-AZ) amendment to eliminate provisions for $900 million in academic facilites grants -- which comprise the bulk of the grant program.

1963-11-13 Foreign Aid Cuts [HR7885] Agreed To
(51-41)
No Vote
Morse (D-OR) amendment to cut funds for supporting assistance from $400 million to $380 million.

1963-11-18 District of Columbia / AFDC [HR7431] Rejected
(35-42)
Ribicoff (D-CT) amendment to increase the welfare appropriation by $306,637 -- to $71,509,879 -- to permit Washington D.C. entry into a federal public assistance program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children of Unemployed Parents.

1963-11-21 Increase Debt Limit [HR8969] Passed
(50-26)
Passage of the bill to increase the temporary national debt limit to $315 billion through June 29, 1964.

1963-11-26 Export Credits for Communists [S2310] Agreed To
(57-35)
Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table (kill) the bill which would bar the Export-Import bank or any other government agency from guaranteeing private U.S. credit to Communist countries for any purchase.



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