House roll call 101 · 86th Congress · Mar 24, 1960
HR 8601. Poff motion to recommit w/instructions to delete the words making it a crime to obstruct court orders for school desegration "by any threatening lette
On Mar 24, 1960, the House voted 118–304 (HR 8601). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 102–173, Republicans 17–133, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 119 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
- 118
- No
- 304
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 24, 1960
By party
- Democrats102 yes · 173 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans17 yes · 133 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- James Boyd Utt R-CA voted yes
- William Cato Cramer R-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted yes
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA voted yes
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME voted yes
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. 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
- Frank Ellis Smith 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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham 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
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
And 39 more.
The bill
H.R. 8601: To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews 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
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence 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
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- 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
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-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
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing 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
How each representative voted: No
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-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
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-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
- George Albert Kasem D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Byron Lindberg Johnson D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Chester Bliss Bowles D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Donald Jay Irwin D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Fred Wampler D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Denver David Hargis D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- John Robert Foley D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver D-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox 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
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Lawrence Brock D-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Milton Willits Glenn 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
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch 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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry 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
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell 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
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-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
- Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Toll D-PA
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Stanley A. Prokop D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-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
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-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
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Steven V. Carter D-IA
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- David McKee Hall D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Douglas Hemphill Elliott R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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