H.R. 9706. Public works appropriations bill for fiscal 1962. Jensen motion to recommit with instructions to reduce appropriations for construction of colorado

On Sep 13, 1961, the House voted 182–225 (HR 9706). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–208, Republicans 146–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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: 182
No: 225
Did not vote: 13
Date: Sep 13, 1961

By party

Democrats44 yes · 208 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans146 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT voted yes
John Stephen Monagan D-CT voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA voted yes
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted no
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS voted no
Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted no
Frank Welsh Burke D-KY voted yes
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted yes
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted yes
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted yes
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
David Thomas Martin R-NE voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
John Herman Dent D-PA voted yes
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted no
Louise Goff Reece R-TN voted no
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted yes
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary 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
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA voted no
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Frank William Boykin D-AL
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
Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch 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
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
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
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
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
John Bell Williams D-MS
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Ralph James Scott 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
Ralph Frederick Beermann 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
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-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
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
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine 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
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-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 Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
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
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Thomas Nelms Downing 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
Thomas Minor Pelly 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

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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Capitol Receipts, “H.R. 9706. Public works appropriations bill…: House Vote, Sep 13, 1961,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-95/h-r-9706-public-works-appropriations-bill-for-fiscal (accessed 2026-10-17).