S. 2539. Revised housing act of 1959. Motion to recommit with instructions to amend to spread urban renewal funds over two years and delete funds for college

On Aug 27, 1959, the House voted 156–231 (S 2539). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–230, Republicans 130–18, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 231
Did not vote: 7
Date: Aug 27, 1959

By party

Democrats44 yes · 230 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no
Republicans130 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
William Cato Cramer R-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis 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
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
Alvin Paul Kitchin 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
Florence Price Dwyer 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
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
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
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson 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
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
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
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
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
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
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis 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
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
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
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
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
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
John Earl Henderson R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
John Jarman D-OK
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin 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
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey 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
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
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski 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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