HR 7665. Fiscal 1958 appropriations for department of defense. Motion to recommit with instructions. Rejected. Yea supports President's position.

On May 29, 1957, the House voted 151–242 (HR 7665). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–218, Republicans 157–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 151
No: 242
Did not vote: 10
Date: May 29, 1957

By party

Democrats11 yes · 218 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans157 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted yes
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO voted yes
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
Otto Krueger R-ND voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted yes
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted no
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted yes
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted yes
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
William Elmer Neal R-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 7665: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-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
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-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
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
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
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates 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
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-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 R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
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
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn 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
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-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
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-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
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-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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