Senate roll call 193 · 84th Congress · Jul 16, 1956
Confirmation of nomination of simon e. Sobeloff to U.S. Court of appeals, fourth circuit.
On Jul 16, 1956, the Senate voted 64–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–18, Republicans 39–4, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 64
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 16, 1956
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 4 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Kerr Scott D-NC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- 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
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- John William Bricker 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
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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