S 1428. Authorize furnishing for new Senate office building. Motion to recommit. Rejected.

On Jun 27, 1957, the House voted 135–232 (S 1428). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–180, Republicans 118–52. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 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: 135
No: 232
Did not vote: 10
Date: Jun 27, 1957

By party

Democrats17 yes · 180 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans118 yes · 52 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted no
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
William Pat Jennings D-VA voted yes
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI voted yes

The bill

S. 1428: A bill to authorize furniture and furnishings for the additional office building for the United Staten Senate.

How each representative voted: Yes

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte 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
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
F. Jay Nimtz 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
William Henry Avery R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton 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
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts 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
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
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
William Adams Dawson R-UT
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
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
William Elmer Neal R-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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