H.R. 6028. Housing act of 1961. Passed. Yea supports President's position.

On Jun 22, 1961, the House voted 235–178 (HR 6028). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 218–40, Republicans 26–147. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 235
No: 178
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jun 22, 1961

By party

Democrats218 yes · 40 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 147 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Thomas Dale Alford D-AR voted no
Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted yes
James Floyd Breeding D-KS voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-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
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted yes
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY voted yes
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY voted yes
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR voted yes
William Warren Scranton R-PA voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
John Jacob Riley 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
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
Catherine Dorris Norrell 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
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
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-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
John Henry Kyl 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
Paul Findley 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
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Eugene Siler R-KY
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
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
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-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
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-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
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-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
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
John Henry Ray 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
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
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
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
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
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley 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
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
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
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
William Henry Harrison R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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