House roll call 27 · 85th Congress · Apr 8, 1957
HR 6308. Amend 1946 law authorizing bridges across potomac to provide additional funds for construction of a new bridge. Passed.
On Apr 8, 1957, the House voted 190–131 (HR 6308). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 130–39, Republicans 64–95. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 103 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
- 190
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 8, 1957
By party
- Democrats130 yes · 39 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 95 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted no
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted yes
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted no
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted no
- Russell Watson Keeney R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Myron Virgil George R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted no
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted no
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Vincent John Dellay R-NJ voted yes
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Lester Holtzman D-NY voted no
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted yes
And 23 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-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
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten 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
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- 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
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Vincent John Dellay R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres 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
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- 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
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- 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
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- William Elmer Neal R-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel 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
- 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
- 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
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Robert John Mcintosh R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-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
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- John Taber 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
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- David Short Dennison R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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