Senate roll call 194 · 84th Congress · Jul 16, 1956
HR. 7225. Amend social security act to extend old age and survivors' insurance coverage. Amendment to extend old age and survivors' insurance coverage. Amend
On Jul 16, 1956, the Senate voted 62–21 (HR 7225). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–3, Republicans 23–19, 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
- 62
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 16, 1956
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 19 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-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 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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