House roll call 67 · 87th Congress · Aug 3, 1961
H.R. 7856. Reorganize FCC and permit FCC board to delegate its functions in adjudicative cases, abolish review staff, and permit oral argument in adjudicative
On Aug 3, 1961, the House voted 198–151 (HR 7856). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 186–45, Republicans 36–130. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 198
- No
- 151
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 3, 1961
By party
- Democrats186 yes · 45 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 130 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews 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
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted no
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- John William Davis D-GA voted no
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted no
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted yes
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- 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
- David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
- Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
- Horace Robinson Kornegay 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
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ voted yes
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted yes
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
- William Robert Poage 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
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted no
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
- William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI voted yes
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- George McInvale Grant 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
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- 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
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-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
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- 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
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati 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
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas 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
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Brent Spence 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
- James Hobson Morrison 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
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-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
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Milton Willits Glenn 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
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-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
- Emanuel Celler 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
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller 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
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green 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
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-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
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers 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
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough 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
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- 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
- 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 Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Paul Findley 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
- 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
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Durward Gorham Hall R-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
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- 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
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- John Henry Ray 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
- 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
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- 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
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Howard Worth Smith 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
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- James Harvey R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- Melvin Robert Laird 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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