House roll call 52 · 85th Congress · Jul 12, 1957
HR 72. Amend 1924 world war veterans act to limit number of relatives who can claim accumulated government benefits of a legally incompetent veteran. Motion t
On Jul 12, 1957, the House voted 191–161 (HR 2). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 130–72, Republicans 72–100. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 144 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
- 191
- No
- 161
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Jul 12, 1957
By party
- Democrats130 yes · 72 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans72 yes · 100 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted no
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted no
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Albert William Cretella R-CT voted yes
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE voted yes
- William Cato Cramer R-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted no
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted no
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
- Russell Watson Keeney R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted yes
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS voted no
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted no
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA voted no
- George Shannon Long D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted yes
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted yes
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted no
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted no
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
- Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
- George Adams Shuford D-NC voted no
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted yes
And 64 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains 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
- James William Trimble D-AR
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis 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
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- 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
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers 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
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- 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
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman 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
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk 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
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-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
- William Elmer Neal R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills 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
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague 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
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- 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
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair 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
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader 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
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Vincent John Dellay R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres 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
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. 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
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Did not vote
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