H.R. 8181. Authorize construction of national fisheries center and aquarium in d.c. Passed.

On Aug 28, 1961, the House voted 208–135 (HR 8181). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 187–15, Republicans 22–121. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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: 208
No: 135
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 28, 1961

By party

Democrats187 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 121 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH voted yes
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA voted yes
John Irving Whalley R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes

The bill

H.R. 8181: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium fn the District of Columbia

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

George William Andrews D-AL
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
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
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
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
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
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
Eugene Siler R-KY
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith 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
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
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
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead 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
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert Thomas Ashmore 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
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
William Henry Harrison R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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