H CON RES 266. Concurrent resolution providing for the adjournment sine die of the 83rd cong., sess. 2.

On Jul 30, 1954, the House voted 179–167 (HCRE 266). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 159–26, Democrats 19–141, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 179
No: 167
Did not vote: 9
Date: Jul 30, 1954

By party

Democrats19 yes · 141 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans159 yes · 26 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert William Cretella R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA 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 Clay Cole R-MO voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC 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
William Adams Dawson R-UT voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary 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
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
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
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer 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
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Chauncey William Reed R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell 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
William Gilmer Bray 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
Clifford Ragsdale Hope 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
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R-MO
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
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
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
John Henry Ray R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble 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
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
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
Oliver Payne Bolton 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
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
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Douglas R. Stringfellow R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary 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
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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