H. RES. 295. Resolution disapproving reorganization plan no. 1 of 1959, transferring authority to sell national forest lands to secretary of agriculture. Adop

On Jul 7, 1959, the House voted 266–124 (HRE 295). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 262–1, Republicans 16–136, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 266
No: 124
Did not vote: 8
Date: Jul 7, 1959

By party

Democrats262 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans16 yes · 136 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
George Meader R-MI voted yes
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted yes
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Somers Mailliard R-CA
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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Frederick Delbert Schwengel 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
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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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 Meyers Colmer D-MS
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
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser 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
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
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
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
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
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
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-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
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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