HR 9540. Water pollution. Extend and strengthen the water pollution control act. Motion to recommit. Rejected.

On Jun 13, 1956, the House voted 165–213 (HR 9540). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–191, Republicans 155–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 members voted against their own party.

During the 84th Congress (1955–1956), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 165
No: 213
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jun 13, 1956

By party

Democrats25 yes · 191 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans155 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
William Cato Cramer R-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS 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
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted no
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
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
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague 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
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
James Curran Davis D-GA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Harold Royce Gross 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
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen 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
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall 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
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Paul Albert Fino 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
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
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
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson 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
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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