House roll call 53 · 87th Congress · Jun 29, 1961
H.J. RES. 225. Grant consent of Congress to compact creating interstate-federal commission to administer water resources of delaware river basin. Cramer motio
On Jun 29, 1961, the House voted 92–257 (HJRE 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–217, Republicans 104–53. 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
- 92
- No
- 257
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 29, 1961
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 217 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 53 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted no
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted no
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted no
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted no
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ voted no
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted no
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
- Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY voted no
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted no
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY voted no
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted no
- William Edward Miller R-NY voted no
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR voted no
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA voted no
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted no
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted no
- William Warren Scranton R-PA voted no
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA voted no
- John Irving Whalley R-PA voted no
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA voted no
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Catherine Dean May R-WA voted no
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- James Edward Bromwell R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl 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
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair 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
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen 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 David Dingell Jr. D-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
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- 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
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland 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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott 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
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-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
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- 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
- John William Davis D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Edward Rowan Finnegan D-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- 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
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson 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
- Torbert Hart Macdonald 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
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead 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
- 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
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-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
- Edwin Russell Durno R-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 H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-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
- 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
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. 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
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson 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
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- 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
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Voted present
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- 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
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “H.J. RES. 225. Grant consent of Congress to…: House Vote, Jun 29, 1961,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-53/h-j-res-225-grant-consent-of-congress-to (accessed 2026-10-17).