HR 7509. Fiscal 1960 public works appropriations. Amend to add funds for flood control project on eau galle river, wisconsin. Rejected. Nay supports preside

On Jun 9, 1959, the House voted 192–205 (HR 7509). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 190–72, Republicans 7–140, 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: 192
No: 205
Did not vote: 8
Date: Jun 9, 1959

By party

Democrats190 yes · 72 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Republicans7 yes · 140 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Donald Jay Irwin D-CT voted no
John Stephen Monagan D-CT voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Merwin Coad D-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
John Edward Roush D-IN voted no
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN voted no
Newell Adolphus George D-KS voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver D-ME voted no
James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted no
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
David McKee Hall D-NC voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted no
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted no
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH voted no
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH voted no
Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Daniel John Flood D-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN voted no
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
William Homer Thornberry D-TX voted no
J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV voted no
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

George William Andrews D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
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
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Donald Jay Irwin D-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Merwin Coad D-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-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
John Edward Roush D-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Joseph Walker Barr D-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Newell Adolphus George D-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
James Churchill Oliver D-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
James Grant O'Hara D-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
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
David McKee Hall 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
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
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 James Rooney D-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
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
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
Robert Eugene Cook D-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
Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-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
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
John Jacob Riley D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
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
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 7509. Fiscal 1960 public works…: House Vote, Jun 9, 1959,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/86-H-32/hr-7509-fiscal-1960-public-works-appropriations-amend-to (accessed 2026-10-17).