House roll call 383 · 91st Congress · Nov 24, 1970
To agree to the steiger (wisconsin)-sikes substitute to H.R. 16785, the occupational safety and health act.
On Nov 24, 1970, the House voted 220–173 (HR 16785). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 72–166, Republicans 159–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 220
- No
- 173
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Nov 24, 1970
By party
- Republicans159 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats72 yes · 166 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted yes
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted yes
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John William Davis D-GA voted yes
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA voted yes
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI voted no
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- David Newton Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC voted yes
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted yes
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted no
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH voted no
- John Jarman D-OK voted yes
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted yes
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
- James Robert Mann D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted yes
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN voted yes
- Ed Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted yes
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted yes
- Earle Cabell D-TX voted yes
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Richard Crawford White D-TX voted yes
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Meskill R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Chester Louis Mize R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- William Owen Cowger R-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Thomas Savig Kleppe R-ND
- Robert Vernon Denney R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Edgar Franklin Foreman R-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Martin Boswell Mckneally R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Albert William Watson R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- George Herbert Walker Bush R-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- John Schiller Wold R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- George Washington Collins D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- John Melcher D-MT
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Allard Kenneth Lowenstein D-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Richard Dean Mccarthy D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- James Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- Howard Wallace Pollock R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Edwin Reinecke R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- William Leon St. Onge D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Daniel John Ronan D-IL
- Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Daniel Evan Button R-NY
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- George Robert Watkins R-PA
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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