House roll call 80 · 102nd Congress · May 8, 1991
Brady handgun prevention act
On May 8, 1991, the House voted 239–186 on “On Passage” (HR 7). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 179–83, Republicans 60–102, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 143 members voted against their own party.
During the 102nd Congress (1991–1992), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 239
- No
- 186
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 8, 1991
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 102 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats179 yes · 83 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
- William David Lowery R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Craig T. James R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- David Ray Nagle D-IA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Larry Larocco D-ID voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN voted no
- James Prather Jontz D-IN voted no
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
And 63 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John W. Cox Jr. D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Joan Kelly Horn D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- James Prather Jontz D-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- William Lehman D-FL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- George Allen R-VA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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