Senate roll call 182 · 84th Congress · Jun 29, 1956
HR. 11356. Foreign aid. Amendment to direct executive branch to furnish any information on the mutual security program requested by Congress. Rejected.
On Jun 29, 1956, the Senate voted 23–58 (HR 11356). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–25, Republicans 5–39, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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
- 23
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 29, 1956
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 25 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 39 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
H.R. 11356: To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright 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
- 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
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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