House roll call 40 · 87th Congress · Jun 15, 1961
H. RES. 303. Disapprove presidential reorganization plan for FCC. Agreed to. Nay supports President's position.
On Jun 15, 1961, the House voted 323–77 (HRE 303). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 167–86, Republicans 165–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 86 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
- 323
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 15, 1961
By party
- Democrats167 yes · 86 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans165 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted no
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA voted no
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted no
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA voted no
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA voted no
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
- James Roosevelt D-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT voted no
- Frank Kowalski D-CT voted no
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE voted no
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Merwin Coad D-IA voted no
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- John Brademas D-IN voted no
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted no
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA voted no
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted no
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI voted no
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN voted no
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted no
- Arnold Olsen D-MT voted no
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ voted no
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ voted no
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
- Lester Holtzman D-NY voted no
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY voted no
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY voted no
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY voted no
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY voted no
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY voted no
- James Christopher Healey D-NY voted no
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY voted no
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY voted no
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted no
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted no
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA voted no
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA voted no
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
- Herman Toll D-PA voted no
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA voted no
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted no
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA voted no
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA voted no
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI voted no
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
- Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
And 6 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George William Andrews 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
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-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
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- 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
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- Ralph R. Harding D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Roland Victor Libonati 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
- Leslie Cornelius Arends 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
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Edward Roush D-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
- 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
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-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
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs 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
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones 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
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
- David Thomas Martin 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
- 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
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton 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
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher 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
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-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 Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- 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
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-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
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson 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
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- 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
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Frank Kowalski D-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Brademas D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Toll D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- David Sjodahl King D-UT
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Did not vote
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- George O. Chambers R-IN
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi 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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Capitol Receipts, “H. RES. 303. Disapprove presidential…: House Vote, Jun 15, 1961,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-40/h-res-303-disapprove-presidential-reorganization-plan-for-fcc (accessed 2026-10-17).