House roll call 81 · 86th Congress · Sep 8, 1959
H.J. RES. 352. Authorize plans for additional library of Congress building. Passed.
On Sep 8, 1959, the House voted 324–46 (HJRE 352). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 235–8, Republicans 91–41, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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
- 324
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Sep 8, 1959
By party
- Democrats235 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans91 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
- H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
- James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
- Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted no
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted no
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted no
- Don Levingston Short R-ND voted no
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA voted no
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted no
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA voted no
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
- John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-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
- Donald Jay Irwin D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- 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
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Leonard George Wolf 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
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman 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
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Fred Wampler D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Denver David Hargis D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Wint Smith R-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
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson 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
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson 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
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth 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
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Ralph James Scott 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Lawrence Brock D-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-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
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Lester Holtzman 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
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein 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
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-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
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- 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
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan 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
- Francis Eugene Walter 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
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- 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
Voted present
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Steven V. Carter D-IA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- David McKee Hall D-NC
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
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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