H. RES. 302. Disapprove presidential SEC reorganization plan. Rejected. Nay supports President's position.

On Jun 15, 1961, the House voted 176–212 (HRE 302). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–232, Republicans 173–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 23 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: 176
No: 212
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jun 15, 1961

By party

Democrats23 yes · 232 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans173 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Dale Alford D-AR voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague 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
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. 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
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
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
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
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
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
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
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
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern 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
Carleton James King 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
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta 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
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-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 Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan 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
William Henry Harrison R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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