To agree to the conference report on H.R. 9937, the bill authorizing the administrator of general services to conduct future sales of carson city silver dollars

On Oct 14, 1978, the House voted 198–29 (HR 9937). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 153–14, Republicans 49–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 members voted against their own party.

During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 198
No: 29
Did not vote: 210
Date: Oct 14, 1978

By party

Republicans49 yes · 15 no · 83 didn’t vote
Democrats153 yes · 14 no · 127 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted no
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
John Brademas D-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD voted no
Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN voted no
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted no
Donald James Pease D-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA voted no
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX voted no
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA voted no
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA voted no
William Albert Steiger R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Richard Kelly R-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
David Lance Cornwell D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer 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
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal 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
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
James Abdnor R-SD
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
Paul Seward Trible Jr. 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
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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