HR 7155. Authorize federal construction of the san luis irrigation unit as part of the calif. Central valley project. Ullman amend. To delete a section exempt

On May 18, 1960, the House voted 214–179 (HR 7155). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 224–43, Republicans 3–150, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 179
Did not vote: 12
Date: May 18, 1960

By party

Democrats224 yes · 43 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans3 yes · 150 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
Porter Hardy Jr. 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
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews 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
Harlan Francis Hagen D-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
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
William Cato Cramer R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel 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
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
Eugene Siler R-KY
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
Joseph William Martin Jr. 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
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
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
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
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
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
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
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-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
Dean Park Taylor 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
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
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
Douglas Hemphill Elliott R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
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
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
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
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-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
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-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 7155. Authorize federal construction of…: House Vote, May 18, 1960,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-H-129/hr-7155-authorize-federal-construction-of-the-san-luis (accessed 2026-10-17).