House roll call 84 · 84th Congress · Mar 7, 1956
HR 9739. Independent offices appropriations. Authorize fiscal 1957 funds for executive bureaus, boards, agencies, commissions, and corporations. Amendment to
On Mar 7, 1956, the House voted 151–231 (HR 9739). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 87–109, Republicans 64–122. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 151 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
- 151
- No
- 231
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 7, 1956
By party
- Democrats87 yes · 109 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 122 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Albert William Cretella R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted yes
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted yes
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Myron Virgil George R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Donald Hayworth D-MI voted yes
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted yes
- Ruth Thompson R-MI voted yes
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
And 71 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts 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
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- 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
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Robert Hale R-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- John Jarman D-OK
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- 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
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings 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
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson 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
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence 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
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- William Henry Bates R-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
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- George Adams Shuford 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
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-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
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney 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
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays 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
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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