House roll call 30 · 86th Congress · Jun 9, 1959
HR 3610. Amend water pollution control act. Passed. Nay supports President's position.
On Jun 9, 1959, the House voted 255–143 (HR 3610). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 228–28, Republicans 27–115, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 255
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Jun 9, 1959
By party
- Democrats228 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans27 yes · 115 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted yes
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted no
- John Jarman D-OK voted no
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted yes
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
- George Herman Mahon D-TX 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
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted yes
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
- Thor Carl Tollefson 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
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- 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
- 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
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-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
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- George Albert Kasem D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-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
- 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
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA
- Steven V. Carter D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-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
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle 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
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Fred Wampler 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
- 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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster 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
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-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
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan 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 Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- 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
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- David McKee Hall D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Lawrence Brock D-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II 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
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman 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
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Stanley A. Prokop D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-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
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Ross Bass 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
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson 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
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- 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
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-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
How each representative voted: No
- Oren Harris D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross 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
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- 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
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern 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
- 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
- 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
- Samuel Leeper Devine 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
- John Jarman D-OK
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- 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
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Did not vote
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Douglas Hemphill Elliott R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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