House roll call 104 · 87th Congress · Sep 18, 1961
H.R. 5751. Publicize the dissemination of communist propaganda through the mails. Passed.
On Sep 18, 1961, the House voted 369–2 (HR 5751). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 221–1, Republicans 150–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 369
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Sep 18, 1961
By party
- Democrats221 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans150 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- James Edward Bromwell R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Edward Rowan Finnegan D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Horace Robinson Kornegay 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
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-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
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-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
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Toll D-PA
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- David Sjodahl King D-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
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Did not vote
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- George O. Chambers R-IN
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Harold Martin Ryan D-MI
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Corinne Boyd Riley D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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