House roll call 944 · 95th Congress · May 4, 1978
To agree to H. RES. 1162, the rule to consider the conference report on H.R. 6782, the emergency agricultural act of 1978.
On May 4, 1978, the House voted 241–148 (HRE 1162). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 204–52, Republicans 40–96. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 92 members voted against their own party.
During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 241
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 4, 1978
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 96 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats204 yes · 52 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted no
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted no
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- John Hans Krebs D-CA voted no
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted no
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted no
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted no
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted no
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted yes
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
- David Conner Treen R-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted no
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Charles Thone R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ voted no
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted no
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted no
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Henry James Nowak D-NY voted no
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted yes
- William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted no
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Les Aucoin D-OR voted no
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA voted no
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
And 12 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- David Lance Cornwell D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Charles Thone R-NE
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
- Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert John Cornell D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
Did not vote
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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