HR 4901. Design two alternative corn price-support programs between which commercial corn producers may choose. Passed. Yea supports President's position.

On Mar 13, 1957, the House voted 188–217 (HR 4901). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 64–165, Republicans 134–62. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 126 members voted against their own party.

During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 188
No: 217
Did not vote: 11
Date: Mar 13, 1957

By party

Democrats64 yes · 165 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans134 yes · 62 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT 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
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Merwin Coad D-IA voted yes
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted yes
Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN voted yes
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Perkins Bass R-NH voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn 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
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted no
William Edward Miller R-NY voted no

And 46 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

George McInvale Grant D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Merwin Coad D-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
F. Jay Nimtz 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
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
Eugene Siler R-KY
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-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
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
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
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Robert John Mcintosh R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Roy William Wier D-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
George Henry Christopher D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Otto Krueger R-ND
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger 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
David Short Dennison R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton 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
Toby Morris D-OK
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser 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
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “HR 4901. Design two alternative corn…: House Vote, Mar 13, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-11/hr-4901-design-two-alternative-corn-price-support-programs (accessed 2026-10-13).