HR 5411. Amend public laws nos. 815 &874 of the 81st cong. W/respect to schools in critical defense housing areas. Motion to suspend rules and pass.

On Oct 15, 1951, the House voted 257–55 (HR 5411). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 160–54, Republicans 138–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 members voted against their own party.

During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 257
No: 55
Did not vote: 20
Date: Oct 15, 1951

By party

Democrats160 yes · 54 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans138 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Francis Shelley D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
Samuel William Yorty D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted no
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY voted no
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted no
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
James Joseph Murphy D-NY voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Sidney Asher Fine D-NY voted no
Isidore Dollinger D-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted no
William Thomas Granahan D-PA voted no
Earl Chudoff D-PA voted no
Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA voted no
Daniel John Flood D-PA voted no
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Clement John Zablocki D-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 5411. Amend public laws nos. 815 &874 of…: House Vote, Oct 15, 1951,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-101/hr-5411-amend-public-laws-nos-815-and-874 (accessed 2026-10-17).