Senate roll call 90 · 84th Congress · Feb 6, 1956
S. 1853. Natural gas. Pastore amendment to require federal power commission to consider interest of consumer in determining market price of natural gas. Reje
On Feb 6, 1956, the Senate voted 40–53 (S 1853). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–23, Republicans 15–30, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 40
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 6, 1956
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 30 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted yes
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Kerr Scott D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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