House roll call 15 · 84th Congress · Mar 18, 1955
HR 4903. Second supplemental appropriation for fiscal 1955. Preston amendment to restore united nations aid funds. Adopted.
On Mar 18, 1955, the House voted 175–107 (HR 4903). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 129–22, Republicans 48–85. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 175
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 18, 1955
By party
- Democrats129 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 85 no
Who broke with their party
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen 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
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- William Cato Cramer R-FL voted yes
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted no
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Meader R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Perkins Bass R-NH voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted yes
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA 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
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted no
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott 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
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- 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
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- 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
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- 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
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-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
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- 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
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield 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
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso 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
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan 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
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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