HR 1011. Extension of federal airport construction act. Authorize federal matching grants for airport projects. Amendment to cut authorizations. Rejected. Ye

On Mar 19, 1959, the House voted 194–214 (HR 1011). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 57–214, Republicans 142–5. 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: 194
No: 214
Did not vote: 9
Date: Mar 19, 1959

By party

Democrats57 yes · 214 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no
Republicans142 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted yes
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. 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
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
James Floyd Breeding D-KS voted yes
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD voted yes
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
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
Donald Francis Mcginley D-NE voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH voted yes
Robert Woodrow Levering D-OH voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
James Claude Wright Jr. 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
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA 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

How each representative voted: Yes

Ezekiel Candler Gathings 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
Harlan Francis Hagen D-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
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. 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
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
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
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
Fred Marshall D-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
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
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Donald Francis Mcginley 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
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield 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
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton 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
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Walter Henry Moeller 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
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
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Jacob Riley 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
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. 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
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
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
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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