HR 3610. Bill to amend 1948 water pollution control act to double federal contributions for sewage plant construction. Motion to recommit with instructions to

On Jun 9, 1959, the House voted 156–240 (HR 3610). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–233, Republicans 134–14, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 156
No: 240
Did not vote: 8
Date: Jun 9, 1959

By party

Democrats29 yes · 233 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no
Republicans134 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley 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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
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
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted no
Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted yes
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted yes
John Jarman D-OK voted yes
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Porter Hardy Jr. 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
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Oren Harris D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
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
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis 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
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
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
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon 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
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
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
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-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
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell 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
John Jarman D-OK
William H. Milliken Jr. 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
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
Porter Hardy Jr. 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
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
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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