S 1832. Authorize appointment of an additional assistant secretary of state. Motion to suspend rules and pass bill. Two-thirds majority required. Rejected.

On Jun 26, 1958, the House voted 224–145 (S 1832). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 119–78, Republicans 106–68. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 146 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: 224
No: 145
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jun 26, 1958

By party

Democrats119 yes · 78 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans106 yes · 68 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted no
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
John Francis Shelley D-CA voted no
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted no
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA voted no
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted no
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no

And 66 more.

The bill

S. 1832: A bill to authorize the appointment of one additional Assistant Secretary of State.

How each representative voted: Yes

Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Oren Harris D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Merwin Coad D-IA
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel 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
F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
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
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
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Robert John Mcintosh R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Roy William Wier D-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
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
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Ludwig Teller D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
David Short Dennison R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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