House roll call 40 · 84th Congress · Jun 1, 1955
HR 3990. Alaskan water resources. Authorize investigation of alaskan water conservation, development, and utilization. Budge motion to recommit (kill the bill
On Jun 1, 1955, the House voted 79–278 (HR 3990). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–192, Republicans 75–92. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 79
- No
- 278
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 1, 1955
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 192 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans75 yes · 92 no
Who broke with their party
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- James Boyd Utt R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- Albert William Cretella R-CT voted yes
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
- 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted yes
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Myron Virgil George R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- George Meader R-MI voted yes
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE voted yes
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Frank John Becker R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted yes
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted yes
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- John Taber 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
- William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted yes
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney 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
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts 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
- 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
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-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
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-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
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-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
- Leo Elwood Allen 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
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- 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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-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
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik 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
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-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
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor 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
- Samuel Harrison Coon 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. 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
- Francis Eugene Walter 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
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-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
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard 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
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher 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
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-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
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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