House roll call 39 · 84th Congress · May 26, 1955
HR 5881. Reclamation. Provide for federal corporation in non-federal projects and non -federal agency participation in federal projects. Hoeven motion recomm
On May 26, 1955, the House voted 62–229 (HR 5881). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–155, Republicans 59–79. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 67 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
- 62
- No
- 229
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 26, 1955
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 155 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans59 yes · 79 no
Who broke with their party
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted yes
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted yes
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
- Ruth Thompson R-MI voted yes
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted yes
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
- James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted yes
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted yes
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted yes
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer 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
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- 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
- George Jr. Huddleston 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
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger 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
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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