HR 12138. Supplemental appropriations. Motion to recommit. Rejected.

On Jul 12, 1956, the House voted 25–370 (HR 12138). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–201, Republicans 21–170. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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: 25
No: 370
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 12, 1956

By party

Democrats5 yes · 201 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 170 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted yes
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
William Robert Williams R-NY voted yes
John Taber R-NY voted yes
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted yes
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA voted yes
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

The bill

H.R. 12138: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Frank William Boykin D-AL
George McInvale Grant 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
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Francis Shelley D-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
Charles McKevett Teague R-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
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-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
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
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
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. 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
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
James Cunningham Murray 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
Charles Augustus Boyle D-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 Wesley Vursell 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
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks 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
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Donald Hayworth D-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
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Roy William Wier D-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-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
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer 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
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham 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
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Jackson Burton Chase 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
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
Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
John Joseph Dempsey 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
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Arthur George Klein D-NY
Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman 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
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
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-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
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-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
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
James Michael Quigley D-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark 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
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
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
Jere Cooper D-TN
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
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
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Pat Jennings D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly 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
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-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

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 12138. Supplemental appropriations…: House Vote, Jul 12, 1956,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/84-H-130/hr-12138-supplemental-appropriations-motion-to-recommit-rejected (accessed 2026-10-15).