Senate roll call 166 · 84th Congress · May 29, 1956
HR. 10660. Highway construction act. Motion to table reconsideration of provision providing for review and appeal of wage determinations made by secretary of
On May 29, 1956, the Senate voted 36–33 (HR 10660). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–29, Republicans 24–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 36
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 29, 1956
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- 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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- 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
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Ramsey Laird III D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Did not vote
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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