HR 5240. Independent offices appropriation for fiscal 1956. Phillips amendment to limit fee to educational institutions for reports on veterans. Rejected.

On Mar 30, 1955, the House voted 154–227 (HR 5240). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–189, Republicans 137–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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: 154
No: 227
Did not vote: 3
Date: Mar 30, 1955

By party

Democrats17 yes · 189 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans137 yes · 41 no

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert William Cretella R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted no
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted yes
James Percy Priest D-TN voted yes
Jere Cooper D-TN voted yes
Clifford Davis D-TN voted yes
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 5240: Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes

How each representative voted: Yes

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard 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
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson 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
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale 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
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
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
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
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
John Henry Ray 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
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
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
William Emil Hess R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. 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
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
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 5240. Independent offices appropriation…: House Vote, Mar 30, 1955,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/84-H-21/hr-5240-independent-offices-appropriation-for-fiscal-1956-phillips (accessed 2026-10-17).