H CON RES 265. Concurrent resolution providing for sine die adjournment of the 2nd session of the 83rd cong.

On Jul 29, 1954, the House voted 183–193 (HCRE 265). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 161–34, Democrats 21–159, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 members voted against their own party.

During the 83rd Congress (1953–1954), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 183
No: 193
Did not vote: 9
Date: Jul 29, 1954

By party

Democrats21 yes · 159 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans161 yes · 34 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted no
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
Douglas R. Stringfellow R-UT voted no
William Adams Dawson R-UT voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Chauncey William Reed R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
D. Bailey Merrill R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
James Stephen Golden R-KY
William Henry Bates R-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
Frank Small Jr. R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton 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 Edward Miller 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
Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Edward John Bonin R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-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
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
William Elmer Neal R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “H CON RES 265. Concurrent resolution…: House Vote, Jul 29, 1954,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/83-H-132/h-con-res-265-concurrent-resolution-providing-for-sine (accessed 2026-10-16).