HR 12. Farm program. Agricultural act of 1956. Passage required over President's veto. Two-thirds majority required. Rejected.

On Apr 18, 1956, the House voted 202–211 (HR 12). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 186–40, Republicans 20–173. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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: 202
No: 211
Did not vote: 4
Date: Apr 18, 1956

By party

Democrats186 yes · 40 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 173 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted no
Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Otto Krueger R-ND voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
Lester Holtzman D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted no
Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted no
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted no
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
James Michael Quigley D-PA voted no
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV voted no
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted no
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Clair Engle D-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
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers 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
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-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
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
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert 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
Thomas Joseph Lane D-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
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Charles Pembroke Nelson 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
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller 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
Antonio M. Fernández 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
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Paul Albert Fino 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
Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
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
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon 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
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
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-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
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson 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
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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