H.R. 11377. Economic opportunity act of 1964. Smith (VA.) motion to strike the enacting clause.

On Aug 7, 1964, the House voted 197–225 (HR 11377). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 43–208, Republicans 156–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 members voted against their own party.

During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 197
No: 225
Did not vote: 12
Date: Aug 7, 1964

By party

Democrats43 yes · 208 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans156 yes · 19 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted yes
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted no
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted yes
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Albert William Watson D-SC voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted yes
Joe Richard Pool D-TX voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Patrick Minor Martin R-CA
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Edward John Gurney R-FL
William Cato Cramer R-FL
George Elliott Hagan D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Thaddeus Mcloskey R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
William Lee Springer 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
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
William Henry Avery R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson 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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Clark Macgregor R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
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
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
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
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Frank John Becker 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
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Carl West Rich 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
Homer E. Abele R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
James Dorman Weaver R-PA
Albert William Watson D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
Irene Bailey Baker R-TN
William Emerson Brock III R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Edgar Franklin Foreman R-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Joe Richard Pool D-TX
Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
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
K. William Stinson 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
William Henry Harrison R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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