House roll call 47 · 86th Congress · Jun 24, 1959
HR 3. Limitation of court application of federal preemption doctrine. Passed. Nay supports President's position.
On Jun 24, 1959, the House voted 225–192 (HR 3). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 113–167, Republicans 118–32, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 145 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
- 225
- No
- 192
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Jun 24, 1959
By party
- Democrats113 yes · 167 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans118 yes · 32 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted yes
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA voted yes
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN voted yes
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA voted yes
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
- David McKee Hall D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence Brock D-NE voted yes
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
- Perkins Bass R-NH voted no
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted no
And 65 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- 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
- 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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-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
- John Leonard Pilcher 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
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- 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
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- 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
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Hastings Keith 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
- 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
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. 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
- 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
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- David McKee Hall 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
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- 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
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns 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 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
- William Robert Poage 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
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers 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
- 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
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- 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
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- George Albert Kasem D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Byron Lindberg Johnson D-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
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA
- Steven V. Carter D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad 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
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Denver David Hargis D-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- 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
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-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
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- 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
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Seymour Halpern 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
- 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
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres 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
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Toby Morris 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
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Stanley A. Prokop D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- 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
- 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
Voted present
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
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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