Senate roll call 56 · 84th Congress · Jun 16, 1955
HR. 6367. Fiscal 1956 department of commerce appropriations. Committee amendment to increase funds for shipbuilding by $38 million over hous appropriation. Ad
On Jun 16, 1955, the Senate voted 53–20 (HR 6367). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–6, Republicans 24–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 53
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 16, 1955
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 15 no
- Independents0 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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