House roll call 416 · 91st Congress · Dec 16, 1970
To amend H.R. 18582, to amend the food stamp act of 1964.
On Dec 16, 1970, the House voted 172–183 (HR 18582). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 64–165, Republicans 125–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 172
- No
- 183
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Dec 16, 1970
By party
- Republicans125 yes · 35 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 165 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted yes
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted no
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted yes
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John William Davis D-GA voted yes
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted yes
- William Owen Cowger R-KY voted no
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI voted no
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted no
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted no
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN voted no
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- David Newton Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC voted yes
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH voted no
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted no
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted no
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH voted no
- John Jarman D-OK voted yes
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
- James Robert Mann D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
And 19 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Howard Wallace Pollock R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Thomas Savig Kleppe R-ND
- Robert Vernon Denney R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Albert William Watson R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- George Washington Collins D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- William Owen Cowger R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. 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
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Allard Kenneth Lowenstein D-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Richard Dean Mccarthy D-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- James Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Edwin Reinecke R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- William Leon St. Onge D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Meskill R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Daniel John Ronan D-IL
- Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Chester Louis Mize R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Edgar Franklin Foreman R-NM
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Martin Boswell Mckneally R-NY
- Daniel Evan Button R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- George Robert Watkins R-PA
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- George Herbert Walker Bush R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- John Schiller Wold R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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