H CON RES 17. Authorize additional printing of booklet, 'the capitol'. Adopted.

On Aug 22, 1957, the House voted 183–129 (HCR 17). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 202–17, Republicans 22–153. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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: 183
No: 129
Did not vote: 10
Date: Aug 22, 1957

By party

Democrats202 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 153 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted yes
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
William Cato Cramer R-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted yes
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones 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
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted yes
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
Alfred John (Jack) Westland 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

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser 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
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
James Curran Davis D-GA
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
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
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
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-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
Robert Hale R-ME
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
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
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
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
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch 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
William Robert Williams R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating 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
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. 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
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Ivor David Fenton 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
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
William Elmer Neal R-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “H CON RES 17. Authorize additional printing…: House Vote, Aug 22, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-89/h-con-res-17-authorize-additional-printing-of-booklet (accessed 2026-10-17).