House roll call 1268 · 94th Congress · Oct 1, 1976
To agree to H. RES. 1591, the rule to consider S. 2278, the civil rights atttorneys' fees awards act of 1976.
On Oct 1, 1976, the House voted 262–108 (HRE 1591). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 201–39, Republicans 62–69. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 101 members voted against their own party.
During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 262
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Oct 1, 1976
By party
- Republicans62 yes · 69 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats201 yes · 39 no · 54 didn’t vote
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
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA voted yes
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA voted yes
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- Paul Findley R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted yes
- Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted yes
- David Farnham Emery R-ME voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- William Joseph Randall 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
- David Reece Bowen 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
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
- Charles Thone R-NE voted yes
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted yes
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted no
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- John Jarman R-OK voted yes
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted yes
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Tim Lee Hall D-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Philip Harold Hayes D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti 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
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- 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 John Cornell D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Allan Turner Howe D-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Other votes
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