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Francis Case

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 9, 1896 in Everly, IA
Died: June 22, 1962 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Dakota Wesleyan University, 1918
  • Northwestern University, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1918
  • U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Career:

  • Newspaper editor/publisher, 1920-1946



Key Senate Vote Data for Francis Case in 1962


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


Click on the RESULT of a specific vote to see how all members voted.

DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Case
Voted
1962-02-06 Replace Scholarships with Loans [S1241] Rejected
(37-50)
Lausche (D-OH) amendment to delete the scholarship provisions and substitute an increase of $85 million in funds authorized for student loans under the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

1962-03-14 Abolish D.C. Capital Punishment [HR5143] Rejected
(19-63)
No Vote
Morse (D-OR) amendment to abolish capital punishment in the District of Columbia.

1962-03-27 Poll Tax Ban [SJRE29] Agreed To
(59-34)
No Vote
Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table the Javits (R-NY) amendment to ban the poll tax by statute instead of by constitutional amendment.

1962-05-09 Literacy Tests for Voting Rejected
(43-53)
Mansfield (D-MT)-Dirksen (R-IL) motion to invoke cloture and limit debate on the administration bill which would require that anyone with a sixth grade education must be passed in a literacy test for voting in federal elections.

1962-06-07 Food Sales to Communist Nations [S2996] Agreed To
(56-34)
No Vote
Mansfield (D-MT)-Dirksen (R-IL) amendment to permit the President, under certain circumstances, to sell or give food to Communist countries such as Yugoslavia and Poland.

1962-06-07 Aid to Soviet Allies [S2996] Rejected
(40-45)
No Vote
Cotton (R-NH) amendment barring aid to any nation which exported to the U.S.S.R. or to any nation dominated or controlled by the U.S.S.R. any war implements or articles of strategic significance or articles found by the National Security Council to be contrary to U.S. security interests (in effect, waiving presidential discretion under the Battle Act).



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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).