H RES 191. Increase funds for study of federal regulatory agencies. Adopted.

On Apr 11, 1957, the House voted 225–143 (HRE 191). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 204–4, Republicans 41–159. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 225
No: 143
Did not vote: 11
Date: Apr 11, 1957

By party

Democrats204 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans41 yes · 159 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE voted yes
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ 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
William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted yes
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted yes
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted yes
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted yes
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
William Elmer Neal R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-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
William Cato Cramer R-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
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Vincent John Dellay R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley 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
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
David Short Dennison R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres 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
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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Capitol Receipts, “H RES 191. Increase funds for study of…: House Vote, Apr 11, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-29/h-res-191-increase-funds-for-study-of-federal (accessed 2026-10-17).