HR 2236. Establishment of a commission on area problems of the greater washington metro. Area. On motion to recommit conference report.

On Aug 20, 1954, the House voted 95–164 (HR 2236). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 94–42, Republicans 1–121, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 95
No: 164
Did not vote: 9
Date: Aug 20, 1954

By party

Democrats94 yes · 42 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans1 yes · 121 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted no
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted no
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted no
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Howard Shultz Miller D-KS voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
George Shannon Long D-LA voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted no
Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted no
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Porter Hardy 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
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA voted no
Clement John Zablocki D-WI voted no
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Frank William Boykin D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
Chauncey William Reed R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
D. Bailey Merrill R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Howard Shultz Miller D-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
George Shannon Long D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth 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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
William Clay Cole R-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag 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
Paul Fornshell Schenck 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
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Edward John Bonin R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-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
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Porter Hardy 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
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
William Elmer Neal R-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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