House roll call 143 · 86th Congress · Jun 8, 1960
H. RES. 550. A closed rule for debate on HR 12381, increasing the national debt ceiling.
On Jun 8, 1960, the House voted 204–181 (HRE 550). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 113–135, Republicans 95–49. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 162 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
- 204
- No
- 181
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jun 8, 1960
By party
- Democrats113 yes · 135 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no
- Republicans95 yes · 49 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted yes
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted no
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Cato Cramer R-FL voted no
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- John Henry Kyl R-IA voted no
- Merwin Coad D-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL voted yes
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL voted no
- Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL voted no
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- John Brademas D-IN voted yes
- John Edward Roush D-IN voted yes
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted no
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
- Eugene Siler R-KY voted no
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted yes
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted no
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
And 82 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier 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
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Randall S. Harmon D-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Lawrence Brock D-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
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Stanley A. Prokop D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- John Armand Lafore Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Douglas Hemphill Elliott R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Chester Bliss Bowles D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Donald Jay Irwin D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Leonard George Wolf D-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
- Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Fred Wampler D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Lee Hogan D-IN
- Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
- Newell Adolphus George D-KS
- Denver David Hargis D-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- John Robert Foley D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver D-ME
- Frank Morey Coffin D-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- LeRoy Hagen Anderson D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Ludwig Teller D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- John Jarman D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Charles Orlando Porter D-OR
- Herman Toll D-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- William Henry Meyer D-VT
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Gerald Thomas Flynn D-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- George Albert Kasem D-CA
- Byron Lindberg Johnson D-CO
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Harrison Brown D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Did not vote
- Steven V. Carter D-IA
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- David McKee Hall D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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