Senate roll call 103 · 84th Congress · Mar 9, 1956
S. 3183. Farm program. Kerr amendment to provide price supports on hogs and beef at 75 percent or at level of corn supports, whichever is higher. Rejected.
On Mar 9, 1956, the Senate voted 32–61 (S 3183). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–16, Republicans 1–46, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 84th Congress (1955–1956), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 9, 1956
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 46 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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