HR 4644. Postal pay increase. Passed.

On Apr 20, 1955, the House voted 324–85 (HR 4644). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 217–1, Republicans 107–84. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 85 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: 324
No: 85
Did not vote: 3
Date: Apr 20, 1955

By party

Democrats217 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans107 yes · 84 no

Who broke with their party

Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson 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
William Cato Cramer R-FL voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted no
Ruth Thompson R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT voted no
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
Jackson Burton Chase R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR voted no
Karl Clarence King R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no

And 5 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
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
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston 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
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
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
George Paul Miller D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
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
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
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
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
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-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
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
George Shannon Long D-LA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John William Mccormack D-MA
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
Donald Hayworth D-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder 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
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-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
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
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
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-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
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman 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
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
James Gould Polk D-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-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
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
James Michael Quigley D-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
John Junior Bell D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
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
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Pat Jennings D-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland 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
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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