HR 9015. Revised fiscal 1960 public works appropriation bill. Provide 2-1/2 percent cut in funds of vetoed bill, HR 7509, but retain the 67 projects not in PR

On Sep 8, 1959, the House voted 304–93 (HR 9015). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 267–5, Republicans 47–99, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 304
No: 93
Did not vote: 7
Date: Sep 8, 1959

By party

Democrats267 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans47 yes · 99 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
William Cato Cramer R-FL voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
Eugene Siler R-KY voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted yes
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH voted yes
John Earl Henderson R-OH voted yes
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted yes
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted yes
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted yes
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Jesse Arthur Younger 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 James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
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
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
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
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
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
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
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
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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