H RES 625. Southwestern power administration rates. Rule to permit consideration of S 3338, a bill to block power rate increases. Adopted.

On Jul 27, 1956, the House voted 219–126 (HRE 625). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 182–5, Republicans 47–131. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 219
No: 126
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 27, 1956

By party

Democrats182 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans47 yes · 131 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted yes
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Perkins Bass R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted yes
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Craig Hosmer 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
Albert William Cretella R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel 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
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
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
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
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-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
William Robert Williams 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
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
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
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
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
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
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack 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

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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