House roll call 640 · 93rd Congress · Apr 8, 1974
To pass H.R. 12473.
On Apr 8, 1974, the House voted 138–211 (HR 12473). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 112–108, Republicans 49–125, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 157 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
- 138
- No
- 211
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Apr 8, 1974
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 125 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats112 yes · 108 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted no
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted no
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted no
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted no
- William Ross Cotter D-CT voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted yes
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- William Dawson (Bill) Gunter Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted yes
- William Lehman D-FL voted no
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
- John William Davis D-GA voted no
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL voted no
- Robert Paul Hanrahan R-IL voted yes
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted no
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted no
- John Edward Roush D-IN voted no
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted no
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
- David Conner Treen R-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
- Paul William Cronin R-MA voted yes
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted yes
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted no
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted yes
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO voted no
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted no
- William Joseph Randall D-MO voted no
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
- William Leonard Hungate 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted no
And 77 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson 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
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- 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
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Robert Paul Hanrahan R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Paul William Cronin R-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley O-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman 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
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid D-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
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
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- William Dawson (Bill) Gunter Jr. D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Samuel Hollingsworth Young R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- William Herbert Hudnut III R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Robert James Huber R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Charles Thone R-NE
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Joseph James Maraziti R-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- David Gilmer Towell R-NV
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- Edward Lunn Young R-SC
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- LaMar Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Harold Vernon Froehlich R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Did not vote
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- William Robert Roy D-KS
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- William Oswald Mills R-MD
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Angelo Dominick Roncallo R-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- William John Keating R-OH
- Clem Rogers Mcspadden D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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