HR 1321. Bill to give loan approval authority to administrator of rural electrification administration, and invest administrator with all REA functions transfe

On Apr 15, 1959, the House voted 254–131 (HR 1321). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 245–5, Republicans 16–133, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 254
No: 131
Did not vote: 9
Date: Apr 15, 1959

By party

Democrats245 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans16 yes · 133 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN voted no
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted yes
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
David Sjodahl King D-UT voted no
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
David Sjodahl King D-UT
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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