S 2792. Revise immigration and nationality laws to relieve 'hardship' cases. Passed. Yea supports President's position.

On Aug 28, 1957, the House voted 295–58 (S 2792). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 147–51, Republicans 154–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 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: 295
No: 58
Did not vote: 10
Date: Aug 28, 1957

By party

Democrats147 yes · 51 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans154 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
George Shannon Long D-LA voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
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
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX voted no
J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no

The bill

S. 2792: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
James William Trimble D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
John Francis Shelley D-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-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
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Merwin Coad D-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-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
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John William Mccormack D-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader 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
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
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
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
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
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
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
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Ludwig Teller D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Dean Park Taylor 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
William Edward Miller R-NY
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
David Short Dennison 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
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Toby Morris D-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Earl Chudoff D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
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
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
William Pat Jennings D-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
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
William Elmer Neal R-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-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, “S 2792. Revise immigration and nationality…: House Vote, Aug 28, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-98/s-2792-revise-immigration-and-nationality-laws-to-relieve (accessed 2026-10-17).