House roll call 144 · 84th Congress · Jul 26, 1956
H RES 641. Rule providing for two hours of debate on HR 412, authorizing construction of fryingpan-arkansas project in colorado. Rejected.
On Jul 26, 1956, the House voted 179–194 (HRE 641). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 59–150, Republicans 132–56. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 115 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
- 179
- No
- 194
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 26, 1956
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 150 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans132 yes · 56 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Kenneth Allison Roberts 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
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted no
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
- James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
- William Cato Cramer R-FL voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- George Henry Christopher D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
- Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted no
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
- William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
And 35 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- 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
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- 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
- 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
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-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
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey 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
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates 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
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. 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
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane 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
- 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
- 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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown 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
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- 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
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers 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
- 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
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- 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
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson 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
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger 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
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-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
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-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
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. 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
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- 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
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly 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
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-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
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague 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
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Did not vote
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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