S 3338. Southwestern power administration. Block power rate increases by spa before july, 1957. Passed.

On Jul 27, 1956, the House voted 201–140 (S 3338). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 179–7, Republicans 34–145. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 members voted against their own party.

During the 84th Congress (1955–1956), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 201
No: 140
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 27, 1956

By party

Democrats179 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans34 yes · 145 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte 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
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
James George Donovan D-NY voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
Albert William Cretella R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
James Curran Davis D-GA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates 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
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-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
William Robert Williams 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
John Raymond Pillion 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
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
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon 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
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
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “S 3338. Southwestern power administration…: House Vote, Jul 27, 1956,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/84-H-148/s-3338-southwestern-power-administration-block-power-rate-increases (accessed 2026-10-17).