House roll call 13 · 83rd Congress · Mar 19, 1953
HR 3053. Conference report on motion to recede and concur in Senate amend. No. 33 w/an amend. (rural telephone program increase $10000000.)
On Mar 19, 1953, the House voted 171–174 (HR 3053). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–173, Democrats 150–12, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 members voted against their own party.
During the 83rd Congress (1953–1954), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 171
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Mar 19, 1953
By party
- Democrats150 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 173 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL voted no
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- James Stephen Golden R-KY voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
- Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
- William Creed Wampler R-VA voted yes
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
- William Henry Harrison R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Samuel William Yorty D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Courtney Warren Campbell D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Howard Shultz Miller D-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- D. Bailey Merrill R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Frank Small Jr. R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Edward John Bonin R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Douglas R. Stringfellow R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- William Elmer Neal R-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Robert Likens Condon D-CA
- Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- George Meader R-MI
- Kit Francis Clardy R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Merlin Hull R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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