H. RES. 498. An open rule for debate on HR 10213, the emergency housing bill.

On Apr 27, 1960, the House voted 214–158 (HRE 498). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 206–37, Republicans 17–131, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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: 214
No: 158
Did not vote: 14
Date: Apr 27, 1960

By party

Democrats206 yes · 37 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans17 yes · 131 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted no
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Lawrence Brock D-NE voted no
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted yes
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
David Sjodahl King D-UT voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

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
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl 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
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
Eugene Siler R-KY
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
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
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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-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
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
Albert Henry Bosch 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
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Alexander Pirnie 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
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
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
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan 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
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
David Sjodahl King D-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
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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