HR 11967. National memorial stadium. Authorize commission to consider plans for d. C. Athletic field and stadium. Passed.

On Jul 9, 1956, the House voted 288–80 (HR 11967). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 162–32, Republicans 126–48. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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: 288
No: 80
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 9, 1956

By party

Democrats162 yes · 32 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans126 yes · 48 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
James Cunningham Murray D-IL voted no
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted no
Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Donald Hayworth D-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted no
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE voted no
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
William Pat Jennings D-VA voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel 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
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
James Bernard Bowler D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Wint Smith R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
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
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-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
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader 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 Jr. D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Roy William Wier D-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
William Robert Williams R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman 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
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
James Gould Polk D-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Earl Chudoff D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Michael Quigley D-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-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
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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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Capitol Receipts, “HR 11967. National memorial stadium…: House Vote, Jul 9, 1956,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/84-H-127/hr-11967-national-memorial-stadium-authorize-commission-to-consider (accessed 2026-10-17).