House roll call 64 · 92nd Congress · May 24, 1971
To adopt H. RES. 415, authorizing the committee on post office and civil service to conduct studies and investigations within its jurisdiction.
On May 24, 1971, the House voted 201–88 (HRES 415). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 148–17, Republicans 53–72. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 201
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 153
- Date
- May 24, 1971
By party
- Democrats148 yes · 17 no · 93 didn’t vote
- Republicans53 yes · 72 no · 60 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- H. Allen Smith R-CA voted yes
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted yes
- Craig Hosmer R-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA voted yes
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA voted yes
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Hastings Keith R-MA voted yes
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted yes
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI voted yes
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted yes
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI voted yes
- James Harvey R-MI voted yes
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted yes
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY voted yes
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted no
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted yes
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
- William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted yes
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted yes
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR voted yes
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR voted yes
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted yes
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA voted no
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted yes
- Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
- John William Byrnes R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Nicholas Joseph Begich D-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-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
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison 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
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
- John Melcher D-MT
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Arthur Albert Link D-ND
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- John Goodchild Dow D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Lawrence Gordon Williams 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 Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- James Kee D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- John Hart Terry R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- William John Keating R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- John James Duncan R-TN
- LaMar Baker R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Did not vote
- Elizabeth Bullock Andrews D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- Cliffard Dale Carlson R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- William Robert Roy D-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Louise Day Hicks D-MA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- William Oswald Mills R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Sheldrick Conover II R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Other votes
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