HR 2462. Federal salary increase. Rees motion to recommit to post office and civil service committee. Rejected. Yea supports President's position.

On Aug 9, 1957, the House voted 70–319 (HR 2462). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–198, Republicans 58–130. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 79 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: 70
No: 319
Did not vote: 10
Date: Aug 9, 1957

By party

Democrats21 yes · 198 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 130 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted yes
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted yes
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
John Taber R-NY voted yes
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted yes
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted yes
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted yes
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted yes
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted yes
John William Byrnes R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
William Elmer Neal R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

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
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
Oren Harris D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
John Francis Shelley D-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
George Paul Miller D-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
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. R-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley 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
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Merwin Coad D-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
Emmet Francis Byrne R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Russell Watson Keeney R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Robert Henry Michel 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
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
James Floyd Breeding D-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
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
George Shannon Long D-LA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers 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
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-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
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Robert John Mcintosh R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin 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
Roy William Wier D-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-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
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass 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
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-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
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Ludwig Teller D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
Isidore Dollinger D-NY
Paul Albert Fino 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
William Robert Williams R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag 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
James Gould Polk D-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
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Toby Morris D-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Earl Chudoff D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Simon Walter Stauffer R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-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
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
Jere Cooper D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry 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
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday 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
William Pat Jennings 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
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Donald Edgar Tewes R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 2462. Federal salary increase. Rees…: House Vote, Aug 9, 1957,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/85-H-75/hr-2462-federal-salary-increase-rees-motion-to-recommit (accessed 2026-10-16).