HR 12. Farm program. Agricultural act of 1956. Motion to recommit conference report with instructions to lower mandatory price supports and dele te dual pari

On Apr 11, 1956, the House voted 181–238 (HR 12). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–215, Republicans 172–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 181
No: 238
Did not vote: 4
Date: Apr 11, 1956

By party

Democrats14 yes · 215 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans172 yes · 28 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
Donald Hayworth D-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR voted no
James Michael Quigley D-PA voted yes
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted yes
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-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
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen 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
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
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
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
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
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Donald Hayworth D-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
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
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
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
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
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-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
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
William Robert Williams R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole 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
Daniel Alden Reed 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
Clarence J. Brown R-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
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
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
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-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
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
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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