S. 1901. Bill to stabilize tobacco support prices. Motion to recommit and amend to freeze supports at 1958 level. Rejected.

On Jun 10, 1959, the House voted 138–261 (S 1901). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–253, Republicans 134–13, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 23 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: 138
No: 261
Did not vote: 8
Date: Jun 10, 1959

By party

Democrats10 yes · 253 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no
Republicans134 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL voted yes
Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted yes
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted yes
Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Don Levingston Short R-ND voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
Lester Holtzman D-NY voted yes
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
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
Charles Augustus Boyle 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
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen 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
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Phillip Hart Weaver 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
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
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
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
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
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
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson 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
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
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

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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