Speaking of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, author after author will say JFK voted against it.... I heard the bill was watered down in committee.
Here is the roll call from that vote.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75Check the Massachusetts voting and read the table carefully, JFK is a yeah, there is some sort of history here. I don't deny he voted against it. An expert or historian needs to clarify it. I actually have looked up the vote.
Maybe someone knows, because someone popped this table on me as well. What the heck?
So, what I think happened is JFK was in the committee that severely watered the bill down, he voted against a much better civil rights bill in committee so a largely trimmed down bill (only 18 voted against it) could pass. I read about it one time in an article but since, haven't found that same information.