HR 12761. Amend atomic energy act of 1954, authorizing transfer of information and material to allied nations, pursuant to cooperation agreements subject to co

On Jun 19, 1958, the House voted 345–12 (HR 12716). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 181–9, Republicans 165–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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: 345
No: 12
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jun 19, 1958

By party

Democrats181 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans165 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
John Herman Dent D-PA voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no

The bill

H.R. 12716: To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts 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
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-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
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
John Joseph Mcfall 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
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
H. Allen Smith R-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
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund 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
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Albert Paul Morano R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch 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
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
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen 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
James Floyd Breeding D-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
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison 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
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
Robert Hale R-ME
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie 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
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
George Henry Christopher D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Vincent John Dellay D-NJ
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
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
David Short Dennison R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-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
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
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
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt 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
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
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
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-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 Andrew Young 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
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
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
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-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
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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