House roll call 108 · 87th Congress · Sep 21, 1961
H.R. 7500. Peace corps act. Conference report. Adopted. Yea supports President's position.
On Sep 21, 1961, the House voted 253–79 (HR 7500). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 189–32, Republicans 82–65. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 97 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
- 253
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Sep 21, 1961
By party
- Democrats189 yes · 32 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans82 yes · 65 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR voted no
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR voted no
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted no
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN voted no
- William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS voted no
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME voted no
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
- George Meader R-MI voted no
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI voted no
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- James Franklin Battin R-MT voted no
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND voted no
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE voted no
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
- Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
- Carleton James King R-NY voted no
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted no
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted no
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN voted no
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN voted no
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
And 17 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- George McInvale Grant 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson 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
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-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
- 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
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis 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
- 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
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-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
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween 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
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-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
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut 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
- 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
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Arnold Olsen D-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
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill 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
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie 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
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays 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
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- 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
- 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
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday 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
- Richard Harding Poff R-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
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-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
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- 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
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers 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
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