HR 6763. Amend PL 704 83rd Congress, to allow construction of tunnel from d.c. To virginia. Motion to consider bill. Agreed to.

On Aug 1, 1957, the House voted 297–76 (HR 6763). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 178–21, Republicans 119–55. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 297
No: 76
Did not vote: 11
Date: Aug 1, 1957

By party

Democrats178 yes · 21 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 55 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted no
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted no
Robert John Mcintosh R-MI voted no
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted no
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted no
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted no
Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted no
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA voted no
Earl Chudoff D-PA voted no
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI voted no
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Frank William Boykin D-AL
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Francis Shelley D-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
William Levi Dawson D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
John Clarence Watts D-KY
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Perkins Bass R-NH
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Lester Holtzman D-NY
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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