H.R. 7728. Authorize secretary of a military department to sell supplies or services to owner of aircraft in an emergency or when such sales would be advantage

On Aug 7, 1961, the House voted 307–78 (HR 7728). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 238–1, Republicans 70–77. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 307
No: 78
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 7, 1961

By party

Democrats238 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans70 yes · 77 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted yes
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT voted yes
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted yes
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted yes
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted yes
Eugene Siler R-KY voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted yes
William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
Hastings Keith R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
Peter Adams Garland R-ME voted yes
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted yes
George Meader R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted yes
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted yes
Frank John Becker R-NY voted yes
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted yes
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY voted yes
Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted yes
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY voted yes
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY voted yes
William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted yes
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA voted yes
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA voted yes
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted yes
William Warren Scranton R-PA voted yes
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA voted yes
John Irving Whalley R-PA voted yes
George Atlee Goodling R-PA voted yes
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted yes
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted yes
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser 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
James Edward Bromwell R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
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
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch 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
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-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

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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