HR 2556. Amend section 3185 of title 18, US code. Motion to strike out enacting clause.

On May 10, 1954, the House voted 228–68 (HR 2556). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 100–67, Democrats 128–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 69 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: 228
No: 68
Did not vote: 7
Date: May 10, 1954

By party

Democrats128 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans100 yes · 67 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted no
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
Frank Small Jr. R-MD voted no
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted no
Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
William Adams Dawson R-UT voted no
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
John Walter Heselton 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
Frank Small Jr. R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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