HR 12580. Social security amendments of 1960. Adoption of conference report.

On Aug 26, 1960, the House voted 369–17 (HR 12580). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 237–9, Republicans 134–10, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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: 369
No: 17
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 26, 1960

By party

Democrats237 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans134 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no

The bill

H.R. 12580: To extend and improve coverage under the Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system and to remove hardships and inequities, improve the financing of the trust funds, and provide disability benefits to additional individuals under such sys

How each representative voted: Yes

Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
Frank William Boykin 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
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
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
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
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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett 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
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
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
Hamer Harold Budge R-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
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
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
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Randall S. Harmon 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
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Harold Daniel Donohue D-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
Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
John Bonifas Bennett 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
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder 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
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
Roy Arthur Taylor 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
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
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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
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
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman 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
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
Frank Townsend Bow 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
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed 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
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli 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
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
John Andrew Young D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford 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
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
William Pat Jennings D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-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

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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