HR 3610. Amend 1948 water polution control act by raising t/ $90 million annually the federal contributions for sewage plant construction. Passage over presid

On Feb 25, 1960, the House voted 249–157 (HR 3610). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 244–28, Republicans 16–135, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 249
No: 157
Did not vote: 14
Date: Feb 25, 1960

By party

Democrats244 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans16 yes · 135 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oren Harris D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Oren Harris D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard 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
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl 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
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
Overton Brooks D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
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
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
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
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
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
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
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
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
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
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
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
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
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing 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
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
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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