H.R. 6441. Federal water pollution control act amendments of 1961. Increase and extend federal grants to help states construct sewage plants. Cramer motion t

On May 3, 1961, the House voted 165–256 (HR 6441). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–233, Republicans 144–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 165
No: 256
Did not vote: 17
Date: May 3, 1961

By party

Democrats21 yes · 233 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans144 yes · 24 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
John Henry Kyl R-IA voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS 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
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted yes
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA voted no
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
George Atlee Goodling R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing 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
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 6441: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a more effective program of water pollution control

How each representative voted: Yes

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith 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
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
James Curran Davis D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
James Edward Bromwell R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
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
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-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
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Overton Brooks D-LA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
Peter Adams Garland R-ME
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
James Harvey R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Clark Macgregor R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
James Franklin Battin R-MT
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
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
David Thomas Martin 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
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
Carleton James King 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
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
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Thomas Nelms Downing 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
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
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
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
William Henry Harrison R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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