HR 1840. Anti-trust. Strengthen robinson-patman act and amend anti-trust law prohibiting price discrimination. Passed.

On Jun 11, 1956, the House voted 394–3 (HR 1840). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 215–0, Republicans 180–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 3 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: 394
No: 3
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jun 11, 1956

By party

Democrats215 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans180 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Francis Shelley D-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
James Cunningham Murray D-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
James Bernard Bowler D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
George Shannon Long D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John William Mccormack D-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Donald Hayworth D-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Arthur George Klein D-NY
Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
William Robert Williams R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
James Gould Polk D-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Earl Chudoff D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Michael Quigley D-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Pat Jennings D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 1840. Anti-trust. Strengthen…: House Vote, Jun 11, 1956,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/84-H-109/hr-1840-anti-trust-strengthen-robinson-patman-act-and (accessed 2026-10-17).