House roll call 58 · 84th Congress · Jul 6, 1955
HR 3210. Lake michigan water diversion. Authorize three year test of effects of increasing water diversion from lake michigan into illinois waterway. Davis m
On Jul 6, 1955, the House voted 74–316 (HR 3210). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–208, Republicans 78–115. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 81 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
- 74
- No
- 316
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 6, 1955
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 208 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 115 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted yes
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted yes
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL 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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Perkins Bass R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Becker 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
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted yes
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted yes
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- William Robert Williams R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted yes
- John Earl Henderson 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
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted yes
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI voted yes
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI voted yes
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted yes
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted yes
- John William Byrnes R-WI voted yes
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI voted yes
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- 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
- 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
- John Phillips R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- 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
- 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
- John Taber R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- 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
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski 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
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-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
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. 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
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- 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
- 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
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- 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
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones 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
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- 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
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- 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
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-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
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon 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
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- 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
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
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