House roll call 215 · 92nd Congress · Oct 28, 1971
To amend H.R. 7248 by altering the formula for funds paid to states under educational opportunity grants.
On Oct 28, 1971, the House voted 108–220 (HR 7248). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–169, Republicans 84–51. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 108
- No
- 220
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Oct 28, 1971
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 169 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 51 no · 50 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA voted no
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA voted yes
- John George Schmitz R-CA voted no
- James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO voted no
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted no
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA voted no
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Wiley Mayne R-IA voted no
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA voted no
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted yes
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
- David Worth Dennis R-IN voted no
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted no
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted yes
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted no
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted no
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted no
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO voted no
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT voted no
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted no
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Charles Thone R-NE voted no
- David Thomas Martin R-NE voted no
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ voted no
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ voted yes
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY voted yes
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted yes
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted no
- John Goodchild Dow D-NY voted yes
- Carleton James King R-NY voted no
- John Hart Terry R-NY voted no
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted yes
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted no
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR voted no
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA voted no
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD voted yes
- LaMar Baker R-TN voted no
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN voted yes
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
- Robert Dale Price R-TX voted no
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
- Leslie Aspin D-WI voted yes
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted yes
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI voted no
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- William Oswald Mills R-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- John Goodchild Dow D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- William John Keating R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Nicholas Joseph Begich D-AK
- 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
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- George Washington Collins D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Robert Roy D-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Arthur Albert Link D-ND
- Charles Thone R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe 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
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney 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
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- John Hart Terry R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- LaMar Baker R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Did not vote
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- Elizabeth Bullock Andrews D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- Cliffard Dale Carlson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Louise Day Hicks D-MA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- James John Howard D-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
- John Jarman D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Sheldrick Conover II R-PA
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- James Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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