Senate roll call 169 · 84th Congress · Jun 22, 1956
HR. 9852. Defense production act of 1950. Extend the act until 1958. Motion to table amendment (CQ 83) declaring congressional policy to be decentralization
On Jun 22, 1956, the Senate voted 20–50 (HR 9852). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–37, Republicans 16–26, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 20
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jun 22, 1956
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 37 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 26 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted yes
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted yes
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 9852: To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Ramsey Laird III D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
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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