HR 9131. First fiscal 1958 supplemental appropriation bill. Taber motion to recommit with instructions to reduce funds for tennessee valley authority. Rejecte

On Aug 7, 1957, the House voted 158–244 (HR 9131). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–227, Republicans 164–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 158
No: 244
Did not vote: 11
Date: Aug 7, 1957

By party

Democrats2 yes · 227 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans164 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted no
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
Alvin Ray Bush 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
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 9131: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
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
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Russell Watson Keeney 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
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
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
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
Eugene Siler R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
John Walter Heselton 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
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Vincent John Dellay R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch 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
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney 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
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
David Short Dennison R-OH
John Martin Vorys 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
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin 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
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
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
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-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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Capitol Receipts, “HR 9131. First fiscal 1958 supplemental…: House Vote, Aug 7, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-66/hr-9131-first-fiscal-1958-supplemental-appropriation-bill-taber (accessed 2026-10-17).