Senate roll call 187 · 84th Congress · Jul 9, 1956
S. 3449. Provide that certain airline capital gains not be counted as revenue in determining air subsidies. Amendment to restrict application of bill to airli
On Jul 9, 1956, the Senate voted 32–43 (S 3449). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–16, Republicans 8–31, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 32
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 9, 1956
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 31 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Robert Humphreys D-KY voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Ramsey Laird III D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Robert Humphreys D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Thomas Albert Wofford D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Ramsey Laird III D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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