Admirers of Oppenheimer might have an interest in the Jun 19, 1959 roll-call vote rejecting Lewis Strauss as Secretary of Commerce:
Vote Outcome
| All Votes | Democrats | Republicans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 48% | 46 | 15 | 31 |
| Nay | 52% | 49 | 47 | 2 |
| Present | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Not Voting | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
unknown. unknown Required. Source: VoteView.com.
Among the nays were future presidents John F. Kennedy (who gets a fleeting mention in the movie) and Lyndon B. Johnson, then the Senat Majority Leader.
From the testimony of Dr. David Hill (Rami Malek's role)
