House roll call 48 · 87th Congress · Jun 26, 1961
H.R. 7677. Increase national debt limit ceiling for fiscal year 1962. Passed. Yea supports President's position.
On Jun 26, 1961, the House voted 231–148 (HR 7677). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 198–42, Republicans 44–119. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 86 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
- 231
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 26, 1961
By party
- Democrats198 yes · 42 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 119 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted no
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR voted no
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted no
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- George Meader R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- James Harvey R-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted yes
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted yes
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted yes
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH voted no
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- William Warren Scranton R-PA voted yes
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA voted yes
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted no
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted yes
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX voted no
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
And 6 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- Morris King 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
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Edward Rowan Finnegan D-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-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
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall 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
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-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
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-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
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Toll D-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-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
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- 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
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. 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
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- 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
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
- 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
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-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
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- John Henry Ray 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
- Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
- Walter Henry Moeller D-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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly 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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Did not vote
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- George O. Chambers R-IN
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- Harold Martin Ryan D-MI
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Corinne Boyd Riley D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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