HR 4249. Deficiency appropriation for fiscal 1957. Amendment to cut funds requested for state and local administration of public assistance grants. Agreed to

On Feb 5, 1957, the House voted 206–167 (HR 4249). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–148, Republicans 155–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 206
No: 167
Did not vote: 11
Date: Feb 5, 1957

By party

Democrats53 yes · 148 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans155 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted yes
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX voted yes
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no
William Elmer Neal R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

George William Andrews D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
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
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
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
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
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
Ralph Harvey R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-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
Robert Hale R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
George Adams Shuford D-NC
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
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
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
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
Francis Eugene Walter 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
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher 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
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
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
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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