HR 7992. Congressional veto power. Require secretary of defense to notify Congress prior to transfer of work to private industry, and subject such transfer to

On Jul 24, 1956, the House voted 201–185 (HR 7992). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 184–16, Republicans 22–174. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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: 201
No: 185
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 24, 1956

By party

Democrats184 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 174 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV voted yes
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted yes
James George Donovan D-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague 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
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
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
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
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
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
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-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
Perkins Bass R-NH
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
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
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
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
James Gould Polk D-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
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
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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