Senate roll call 152 · 84th Congress · May 18, 1956
HR. 10875. Revised farm bill. Williams amendment to set maximum limit on soil bank payment to a producer in any one state. Adopted.
On May 18, 1956, the Senate voted 44–29 (HR 10875). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–6, Democrats 11–28, 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
- 44
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 18, 1956
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 6 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Ramsey Laird III D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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