HR 7072. Appropriations for the ex. Office and sundry independent executive bureaus boards, commissions corporations, agencies and offices. Motion to recomm

On Jun 26, 1952, the House voted 195–181 (HR 7072). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 161–35, Democrats 42–153, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 members voted against their own party.

During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 195
No: 181
Did not vote: 17
Date: Jun 26, 1952

By party

Democrats42 yes · 153 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans161 yes · 35 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
Ernest Greenwood D-NY voted yes
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX voted yes
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 7072. Appropriations for the ex. Office…: House Vote, Jun 26, 1952,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-166/hr-7072-appropriations-for-the-ex-office-and-sundry (accessed 2026-10-17).