H RES 551. Open rule for debate on HR 11451, authorizing government construction and sale of two passenger vessels. Agreed to.

On Apr 29, 1958, the House voted 342–31 (HRE 551). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 192–1, Republicans 150–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 members voted against their own party.

During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 342
No: 31
Did not vote: 14
Date: Apr 29, 1958

By party

Democrats192 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans150 yes · 30 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

George McInvale Grant D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
John Francis Shelley D-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
Brent Spence D-KY
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Ludwig Teller D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
John Jarman D-OK
Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
John Jacob Riley D-SC
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “H RES 551. Open rule for debate on HR 11451…: House Vote, Apr 29, 1958,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-127/h-res-551-open-rule-for-debate-on-hr (accessed 2026-10-17).