S. 57. Housing act of 1959. Motion to recommit and substitute HR 7117 authorizing no public housing, and cutting total authorization. Rejected. Yea supports

On May 21, 1959, the House voted 189–234 (S 57). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 60–219, Republicans 132–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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: 189
No: 234
Did not vote: 9
Date: May 21, 1959

By party

Democrats60 yes · 219 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans132 yes · 19 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted yes
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA voted yes
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
David McKee Hall D-NC voted yes
Lawrence Brock D-NE voted yes
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted no
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX voted yes
John Andrew Young D-TX voted yes
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Thomas Dale Alford O-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
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 Edward Bennett D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
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
Edna Oakes Simpson R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith 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
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
David McKee Hall D-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Lawrence Brock D-NE
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE
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
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
John Henry Ray 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
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
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
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns 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
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “S. 57. Housing act of 1959. Motion to…: House Vote, May 21, 1959,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-H-22/s-57-housing-act-of-1959-motion-to-recommit (accessed 2026-10-17).