House roll call 355 · 93rd Congress · Sep 26, 1973
To amend H.R. 891, a bill to amend the immigration and nationality act, so as to provide a maximum of 35,000 immigrant visas for canada & mexico, an increase of
On Sep 26, 1973, the House voted 174–203 (HR 891). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 134–68, Republicans 40–136, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 108 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 174
- No
- 203
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Sep 26, 1973
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 136 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats134 yes · 68 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Sam Steiger R-AZ voted yes
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ voted yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted no
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA voted yes
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA voted yes
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO voted yes
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted no
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted no
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted yes
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted yes
- Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted no
- Paul William Cronin R-MA voted yes
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted yes
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted no
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted no
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN voted yes
- William Joseph Randall D-MO voted no
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO voted no
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted no
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE voted yes
- David Thomas Martin R-NE voted yes
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted yes
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ voted no
- Joseph James Maraziti R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted no
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted no
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Mario Biaggi D-NY voted no
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY voted no
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted no
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted no
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted no
And 28 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- William Dawson (Bill) Gunter Jr. D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- William Robert Roy D-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Paul William Cronin R-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley O-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph James Maraziti R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-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
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Robert Paul Hanrahan R-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Samuel Hollingsworth Young R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- William Herbert Hudnut III R-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Robert James Huber R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- David Gilmer Towell R-NV
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- William John Keating R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Clem Rogers Mcspadden D-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- LaMar Baker R-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- Harold Vernon Froehlich R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Did not vote
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- William Oswald Mills R-MD
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Angelo Dominick Roncallo R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- Edward Lunn Young R-SC
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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