House roll call 66 · 86th Congress · Aug 26, 1959
HR 1341. Direct secretary of commerce to develop safety standards for all civilian vehicles purchased by government. Motion to recommit. Rejected.
On Aug 26, 1959, the House voted 125–264 (HR 1341). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 39–225, Republicans 94–48, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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
- 125
- No
- 264
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Aug 26, 1959
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 225 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans94 yes · 48 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted no
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted yes
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted no
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted no
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted no
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted no
- John Earl Henderson R-OH voted no
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted no
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted no
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN voted yes
- John William Wright Patman D-TX voted yes
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX voted yes
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted yes
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
And 7 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague 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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman 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
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- 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
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- John Henry Ray 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
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers 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
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- 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
- 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
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-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
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-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
- 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson 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
- 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
- Marguerite Stitt Church 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
- 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
- William Henry Avery R-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
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- 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
- Hastings Keith 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
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-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
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- 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
- 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
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Lawrence Brock D-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
- Florence Price Dwyer 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
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- 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
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-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
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-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
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. 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
- 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
- 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
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- 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
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
Did not vote
- 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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