HR 1011. Extension of federal airport construction act. Amendment to provide that funds not be made available until appropriated by Congress. Rejected.

On Mar 19, 1959, the House voted 191–216 (HR 1011). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 53–217, Republicans 143–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 191
No: 216
Did not vote: 9
Date: Mar 19, 1959

By party

Democrats53 yes · 217 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no
Republicans143 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alton Asa Lennon 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
Lawrence Brock D-NE voted yes
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH voted yes
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH voted yes
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
Daniel John Flood D-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing 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

How each representative voted: Yes

George William Andrews D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
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
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden 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
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Lawrence Brock D-NE
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
Perkins Bass R-NH
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-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
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Jessica McCullough Weis 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
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing 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
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
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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