House roll call 69 · 83rd Congress · Jul 31, 1953
HR 6672. Passage.
On Jul 31, 1953, the House voted 239–158 (HR 6672). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 174–35, Democrats 72–131, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 107 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
- 239
- No
- 158
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Jul 31, 1953
By party
- Democrats72 yes · 131 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans174 yes · 35 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Courtney Warren Campbell D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted yes
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted yes
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- Howard Shultz Miller D-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted no
- George Shannon Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Kit Francis Clardy R-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted yes
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
And 27 more.
The bill
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
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard 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
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE
- Courtney Warren Campbell D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- D. Bailey Merrill R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Howard Shultz Miller D-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- George Shannon Long 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
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-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
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case 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
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- 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
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams 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
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-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
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Karl Clarence King 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
- 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
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Douglas R. Stringfellow R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Porter Hardy Jr. 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
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- William Elmer Neal R-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Robert Likens Condon D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Samuel William Yorty D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Kit Francis Clardy R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- 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
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Voted present
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Merlin Hull R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.