House roll call 68 · 84th Congress · Jul 27, 1955
HR 7474. Federal-state highway construction. Passed.
On Jul 27, 1955, the House voted 123–292 (HR 7474). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 96–130, Republicans 29–164. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 125 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
- 123
- No
- 292
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 27, 1955
By party
- Democrats96 yes · 130 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 164 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL voted yes
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted yes
- Donald Hayworth D-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- George Henry Christopher D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Perkins Bass R-NH voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Lester Holtzman D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY voted yes
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY voted yes
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY voted yes
And 45 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-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
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- 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
- 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
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II 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
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- 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
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin 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
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Phillips R-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
- 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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley 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
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown 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
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- 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
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- 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
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison 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
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-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
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson 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
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan 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
- 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
- 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
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor 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
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. 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
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Edward John Robeson 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
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
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