H.R. 8914. Permit farmers in the summer fallow area to plant a barley cover crop on land prepared for wheat before 1962 acreage controls took effect. Poage mo

On Sep 18, 1961, the House voted 213–151 (HR 8914). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 215–28, Republicans 26–137. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 members voted against their own party.

During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 213
No: 151
Did not vote: 15
Date: Sep 18, 1961

By party

Democrats215 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 137 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
James Charles Corman D-CA voted no
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
John Stephen Monagan D-CT voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell 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
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted yes
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS voted yes
Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted yes
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted no
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
James Franklin Battin R-MT voted yes
Don Levingston Short R-ND voted yes
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND voted yes
Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ voted no
Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
John Herman Dent D-PA voted no
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA voted no
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted yes
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD 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
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV voted no

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
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
James Edward Bromwell R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
Peter Adams Garland R-ME
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
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
James Harvey R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Clark Macgregor 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
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
David Thomas Martin 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
Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
William Henry Harrison R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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