H.R. 4996. Area redevelopment act amendments of 1963. Rejected.

On Jun 12, 1963, the House voted 204–209 (HR 4996). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 193–58, Republicans 16–156. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 members voted against their own party.

During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 204
No: 209
Did not vote: 11
Date: Jun 12, 1963

By party

Democrats193 yes · 58 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 156 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
John William Davis D-GA voted no
James Russell Tuten D-GA voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Eugene Siler R-KY voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD voted yes
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC voted no
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ voted yes
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
John Irving Whalley R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Albert William Watson 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
Clifford Davis D-TN voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. 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
Joe Richard Pool D-TX voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
William Pat Jennings D-VA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Patrick Minor Martin R-CA
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Edward John Gurney R-FL
William Cato Cramer R-FL
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
John William Davis D-GA
James Russell Tuten D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
James Edward Bromwell R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Thaddeus Mcloskey 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
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
William Henry Avery R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson 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
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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
William Thomas Cahill 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
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Ogden Rogers Reid 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
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Carl West Rich 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
Homer E. Abele R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
James Dorman Weaver R-PA
Albert William Watson 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
James Henry Quillen R-TN
William Emerson Brock III R-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Edgar Franklin Foreman R-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
Joe Richard Pool D-TX
Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-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
John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Pat Jennings 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
K. William Stinson 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

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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