House roll call 145 · 86th Congress · Jun 9, 1960
HR 12049. Amend the NASA act of 1958. Sisk motion to recommit to science and astronautics comm. W/instructions to delete section relinquishing gov't ownership
On Jun 9, 1960, the House voted 120–270 (HR 12049). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 121–129, Republicans 0–141. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 121 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
- 120
- No
- 270
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jun 9, 1960
By party
- Democrats121 yes · 129 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no
- Republicans0 yes · 141 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA voted yes
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- John Francis Shelley D-CA voted yes
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted yes
- James Roosevelt D-CA voted yes
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Byron Lindberg Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
- Frank Kowalski D-CT voted yes
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA voted yes
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted yes
- Merwin Coad D-IA voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted yes
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
- George Edward Shipley D-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- John Brademas D-IN voted yes
- Fred Wampler D-IN voted yes
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted yes
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN voted yes
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN voted yes
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS voted yes
- Denver David Hargis D-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted yes
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME voted yes
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted yes
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted yes
- William Joseph Randall D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence Brock D-NE voted yes
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ voted yes
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
- Lester Holtzman D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
And 41 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Byron Lindberg Johnson D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Fred Wampler D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Denver David Hargis D-KS
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- Lawrence Brock D-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- 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
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-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
- William Cato Cramer R-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
- 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
- Paul Brown 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
- 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
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-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
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland 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
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- John Robert Foley D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver D-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain 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
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-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
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- James Christopher Healey 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
- 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
- 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
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Douglas Hemphill Elliott R-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
- 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
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore 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
- 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
- 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
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- David Sjodahl King D-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
- William Pat Jennings 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
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- 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
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- George Albert Kasem D-CA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- George Meader R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Stanley A. Prokop D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
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
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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