House roll call 69 · 85th Congress · Aug 8, 1957
HR 4813. Extend life of d.c. Auditorium commission. Conference report to rename as national cultural center commission, and authorize construction of a nation
On Aug 8, 1957, the House voted 115–284 (HR 4813). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 73–144, Republicans 42–140. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 115 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
- 115
- No
- 284
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Aug 8, 1957
By party
- Democrats73 yes · 144 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 140 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- James Roosevelt D-CA voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
- Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- George Shannon Long D-LA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Otto Krueger R-ND voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted yes
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted yes
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY voted yes
- Ludwig Teller D-NY voted yes
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY voted yes
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted yes
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted yes
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
And 35 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald 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
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer 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
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch 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
- 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
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends 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
- F. Jay Nimtz R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson 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
- 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
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- 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
- Victor Alfred Knox 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
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Ralph James Scott 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
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- 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
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Vincent John Dellay R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo 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
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag 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 William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- David Short Dennison R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-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
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- Paul Joseph Kilday 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
- 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
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-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
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- William Elmer Neal R-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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