House roll call 52 · 87th Congress · Jun 29, 1961
H. RES. 354. Authorize special flag for members of Congress to be flown from cars and ships. Rejected.
On Jun 29, 1961, the House voted 108–270 (HRE 354). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 86–145, Republicans 22–125. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 108 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
- 108
- No
- 270
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 29, 1961
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 145 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 125 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK voted yes
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA voted yes
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Francis Shelley D-CA voted yes
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted yes
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted yes
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted yes
- James Roosevelt D-CA voted yes
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT voted yes
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John William Davis D-GA voted yes
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted yes
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID voted yes
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA voted yes
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted yes
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Arnold Olsen D-MT voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted yes
- Lester Holtzman D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted yes
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Christopher Healey D-NY voted yes
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY voted yes
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted yes
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted yes
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA voted yes
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA voted yes
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Herman Toll D-PA voted yes
- Daniel John Flood D-PA voted yes
And 28 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- 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
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- John William Davis D-GA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- 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
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- 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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Edward Rowan Finnegan D-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
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-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
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Edwin Edward Willis 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
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-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
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Horace Robinson Kornegay 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
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman 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
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy 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
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Tom Van Horn Moorehead 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
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson 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
- 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
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- 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
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey 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
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-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
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Voted present
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Edward Bromwell R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
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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