The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Building designations

The House and Senate often agree to name or rename federal buildings, especially post offices, to honor notable Americans. Since 1991, the House has held 179 roll-call votes on building designations (the Senate almost always approves such measures by voice vote). You'll find a list of the roll-call votes, beginning with the most recent name changes, below.

DateResultBuilding nameBuilding location
11/16/09 Passed W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building 170 North Main Street
Smithfield, UT (Map)
11/16/09 Passed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue
Portland, OR (Map)
11/16/09 Passed Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building 427 Harrison Avenue
Harrison, NJ (Map)
11/6/09 Passed Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building 60 School Street
Orchard Park, NY (Map)
11/6/09 Passed Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building 3900 Darrow Road
Stow, OH (Map)
10/20/09 Passed Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building 440 South Gulling Street
Portola, CA (Map)
9/23/09 Passed John J. Shivnen Post Office Building 140 Merriman Road
Garden City, MI (Map)
9/22/09 Passed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue
Portland, OR (Map)
9/9/09 Passed William O. Lipinski Federal Building 844 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL (Map)
7/22/09 Passed Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office 115 West Edward Street
Erath, LA (Map)
7/22/09 Passed Lim Poon Lee Post Office 867 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA (Map)
7/14/09 Passed William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic Knoxville, TN (Map)
6/16/09 Passed Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT
Port Charlotte, FL (Map)
6/15/09 Passed Laredo Veterans Post Office 1300 Matamoros Street
Laredo, TX (Map)
6/4/09 Passed John S. Wilder Post Office Building 116 North West Street
Somerville, TN (Map)
5/13/09 Passed Herbert A Littleton Postal Station 123 11th Avenue South
Nampa, ID (Map)
4/28/09 Passed Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building 3245 Latta Road
Rochester, NY (Map)
3/23/09 Passed Stan Lundine Post Office Building 300 East 3rd Street
Jamestown, NY (Map)
3/23/09 Passed Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building 112 South 5th Street
Saint Charles, MO (Map)
3/16/09 Passed Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building 15455 Manchester Road
Ballwin, MO (Map)
3/16/09 Passed John Scott Challis, Jr. Post Office 601 8th Street
Freedom, PA (Map)
3/16/09 Passed Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office 103 West Main Street
McLain, MS (Map)
3/10/09 Passed J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse 306 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, NC (Map)
3/10/09 Passed R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse Jackson, MS (Map)
2/24/09 Passed Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building 2105 East Cook Street
Springfield, IL (Map)
9/17/08 Passed Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic Hermitage, PA (Map)
9/9/08 Passed Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building 112 South 5th Street
Saint Charles, MO (Map)
9/8/08 Passed Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse 225 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY (Map)
4/15/08 Passed Texas Military Veterans Post Office 7231 FM 1960
Humble, TX (Map)
4/9/08 Passed Julia M. Carson Post Office Building 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street
Indianapolis, IN (Map)
4/9/08 Passed Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office 6892 Main Street
Gloucester, VA (Map)
3/10/08 Passed E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building 20 Sussex Street
Port Jervis, NY (Map)
3/10/08 Passed Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex 701 East Copeland Drive
Lebanon, MO (Map)
3/5/08 Passed Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building 160 East Washington Street
Chagrin Falls, OH (Map)
2/28/08 Passed John "Marty" Thiels Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007 Alexandria, LA (Map)
2/28/08 Passed Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building 116 Helen Highway
Cleveland, GA (Map)
2/28/08 Passed Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building", in honor of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom 3050 Hunsinger Lane
Louisville, KY (Map)
1/28/08 Passed Larry S. Pierce Post Office 427 North Street
Taft, CA (Map)
1/28/08 Passed Richard B. Anderson Federal Building Port Angeles, WA (Map)
1/22/08 Passed Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office 725 Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, NC (Map)
10/30/07 Passed Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building 202 East Michigan Avenue
Marshall, MI (Map)
10/30/07 Passed Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building 570 Broadway
Bayonne, NJ (Map)
10/23/07 Passed Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Augusta, GA (Map)
10/15/07 Passed Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office 701 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA (Map)
10/1/07 Passed Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building 203 North Main Street
Vassar, MI (Map)
10/1/07 Passed Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office 235 Mountain Road
Suffield, CT (Map)
6/25/07 Passed Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Asheville, NC (Map)
6/18/07 Passed Major Scott Nisely Post Office 309 East Linn Street
Marshalltown, IA (Map)
5/22/07 Passed Leonard W. Herman Post Office 601 Banyan Trail
Boca Raton, FL (Map)
5/21/07 Passed Staff Sergeant Marvin "Rex" Young Post Office Building 4551 East 52nd Street
Odessa, TX (Map)
4/23/07 Passed Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building 320 South Lecanto Highway
Lecanto, FL (Map)
4/23/07 Passed Rachel Carson Post Office Building 896 Pittsburgh Street
Springdale, PA (Map)
2/13/07 Passed Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office 500 West Eisenhower Street
Rio Grande City, TX (Map)
1/29/07 Passed Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building 1300 North Frontage Road West
Vail, CO (Map)
1/29/07 Passed Lane Evans Post Office Building 2633 11th Street
Rock Island, IL (Map)
9/25/06 Passed Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building 200 Lawyers Road, NW
Vienna, VA (Map)
9/14/06 Passed Thomas J. Manton Post Office Building 39-25 61st Street
Woodside, NY (Map)
9/12/06 Passed Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building 202 East Washington Street
Morris, IL (Map)
6/19/06 Passed Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building 6029 Broadmoor Street
Mission, KS (Map)
6/19/06 Passed Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office 217 Southeast 2nd Street
Dimmitt, TX (Map)
5/9/06 Passed Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Muskogee, OK (Map)
3/7/06 Passed Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office 6110 East 51st Place
Tulsa, OK (Map)
2/14/06 Passed Holly A. Charette Post Office 57 Rolfe Square
Cranston, RI (Map)
11/8/05 Passed Grant W. Green Post Office Building 205 West Washington Street
Knox, IN (Map)
11/2/05 Passed John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic Appleton, WI (Map)
11/1/05 Passed Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building Franklin Avenue
Pearl River, NY (Map)
11/1/05 Passed Albert H. Quie Post Office 37598 Goodhue Avenue
Dennison, MN (Map)
10/25/05 Passed Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building 3038 West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA (Map)
10/18/05 Passed Willie Vaughn Post Office 208 South Main Street
Parkdale, AR (Map)
10/18/05 Passed William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building 210 West 3rd Avenue
Warren, PA (Map)
9/27/05 Failed Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building 2000 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA (Map)
7/26/05 Passed James T. Molloy Post Office Building 2061 South Park Avenue
Buffalo, NY (Map)
7/26/05 Passed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building 102 South Walters Avenue
Hodgenville, KY (Map)
7/26/05 Passed Paul Kasten Post Office Building 306 2nd Avenue
Brockway, MT (Map)
6/13/05 Passed Floyd Lupton Post Office 614 West Old County Road
Belhaven, NC (Map)
5/16/05 Passed Linda White-Epps Post Office 40 Putnam Avenue
Hamden, CT (Map)
4/13/05 Passed Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building 2100 Jamieson Avenue
Alexandria, VA (Map)
4/13/05 Passed Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse 501 I Street
Sacramento, CA (Map)
2/15/05 Passed Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building 321 Montgomery Road
Altamonte Springs, FL (Map)
2/8/05 Passed Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse 200 West 2nd Street
Dayton, OH (Map)
2/8/05 Passed John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse 300 North Hogan Street
Jacksonville, FL (Map)
2/1/05 Passed Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building 30777 Rancho California Road
Temecula, CA (Map)
9/7/04 Passed Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building 2811 Springdale Avenue
Springdale, AR (Map)
9/7/04 Passed General William Carey Lee Post Office Building 1115 South Clinton Avenue
Dunn, NC (Map)
5/18/04 Passed Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building 223 South Main Street
Roxboro, NC (Map)
5/18/04 Passed Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building 122 West Elwood Avenue
Raeford, NC (Map)
5/11/04 Passed Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building 410 South Jackson Road
Edinburg, TX (Map)
4/28/04 Passed Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse 400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL (Map)
4/27/04 Passed Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building 7 Commercial Boulevard
Middletown, RI (Map)
4/21/04 Passed James V. Hansen Federal Building 324 Twenty-Fifth Street
Ogden, UT (Map)
4/20/04 Passed General John J. Pershing Post Office 607 Pershing Drive
Laclede, MO (Map)
4/20/04 Passed Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility 475 Kell Farm Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO (Map)
4/20/04 Passed Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office 3751 West 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA (Map)
3/29/04 Passed Vaughn Gross Post Office Building 8135 Forest Lane
Dallas, TX (Map)
3/24/04 Passed Lloyd L. Burke Post Office 304 West Michigan Street
Stuttgart, AR (Map)
3/16/04 Passed Myron V. George Post Office 410 Huston Street
Altamont, KS (Map)
3/2/04 Passed Ben Atchley Post Office Building 137 East Young High Pike
Knoxville, TN (Map)
11/18/03 Passed Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building 15500 Pearl Road
Strongsville, OH (Map)
9/3/03 Passed Stephen Horn Post Office Building 2300 Redondo Avenue
Long Beach, CA (Map)
7/8/03 Passed Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building 9350 East Corporate Hill Drive
Wichita, KS (Map)
6/16/03 Passed Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building 1101 Colorado Street
Boulder City, NV (Map)
6/16/03 Passed Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building Omaha, NE (Map)
6/9/03 Passed Walt Disney Post Office Building 120 East Ritchie Avenue
Marceline, MO (Map)
6/9/03 Passed Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse 46 Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN (Map)
6/3/03 Failed Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse 46 Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN (Map)
6/2/03 Passed General Charles Gabriel Post Office 4832 East Highway 27
Iron Station, NC (Map)
5/19/03 Passed James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building 1 Federal Plaza
New York, NY (Map)
5/13/03 Passed Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse 200 West 2nd Street
Dayton, OH (Map)
5/7/03 Passed Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building 201 West Boston Street
Brookfield, MO (Map)
5/6/03 Passed Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building 1502 East Kiest Boulevard
Dallas, TX (Map)
5/6/03 Passed Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building 1114 Main Avenue
Clifton, NJ (Map)
5/6/03 Passed Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building 2318 Woodson Road
St. Louis, MO (Map)
4/7/03 Passed Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building 7554 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA (Map)
4/7/03 Passed Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building 1901 West Evans Street
Florence, SC (Map)
9/17/02 Passed Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building 120 North Maine Street
Fallon, NV (Map)
9/17/02 Passed Joseph D. Early Post Office Building 4 East Central Street
Worcester, MA (Map)
9/4/02 Passed Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center 900 Brentwood Road, NE
Washington, DC (Map)
7/15/02 Passed Clarence Miller Post Office Building 204 South Broad Street
Lancaster, OH (Map)
6/27/02 Passed Frank Sinatra Post Office Building 89 River Street
Hoboken, NJ (Map)
6/18/02 Passed Jim Fonteno Post Office Building 1199 Pasadena Boulevard
Pasadena, TX (Map)
6/18/02 Passed Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building 1895 Avenida Del Oro
Oceanside, CA (Map)
5/7/02 Passed Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building 5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD (Map)
4/16/02 Passed Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building 600 Calumet Street
Lake Linden, MI (Map)
3/19/02 Passed James R. Browning United States Courthouse 95 Seventh Street
San Francisco, CA (Map)
2/5/02 Passed Horatio King Post Office Building 39 Tremont Street
Paris Hill, ME (Map)
12/18/01 Passed Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building 375 Carlls Path
Deer Park, NY (Map)
12/11/01 Passed Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse 400 North Main Street
Butte, MT (Map)
11/7/01 Passed Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse 10 East Commerce Street
Youngstown, OH (Map)
10/30/01 Passed Norman Sisisky Post Office Building 3131 South Crater Road
Petersburg, VA (Map)
9/10/01 Passed `Herb Harris Post Office Building' 8588 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA (Map)
9/10/01 Passed Stan Parris Post Office Building 4270 John Marr Drive
Annandale, VA (Map)
7/23/01 Passed James C. Corman Federal Building 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA (Map)
6/5/01 Passed Elwood Haynes 'Bud' Hillis Post Office Building 2719 South Webster Street
Kokomo, IN (Map)
2/28/01 Passed Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse 504 West Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA (Map)
2/28/01 Passed James C. Corman Federal Building 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA (Map)
2/7/01 Passed Goro Hokama Post Office Building 620 Jacaranda Street
Lanai City, HI (Map)
10/27/00 Passed Robert S. Walker Post Office 431 George Street
Millersville, PA (Map)
10/27/00 Passed Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building 2305 Minton Road
West Melbourne, FL (Map)
9/6/00 Passed Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building 500 North Washington Street
Rockville, MD (Map)
9/6/00 Passed Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office Building 3500 Dolfield Avenue
Baltimore, MD (Map)
9/6/00 Passed William S. Broomfield Post Office Building 200 West 2nd Street
Royal Oak, MI (Map)
7/25/00 Passed Carl Elliott Federal Building 1710 Alabama Avenue
Jasper, AL (Map)
7/18/00 Passed Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office Building 24 Tsienneto Road
Derry, NH (Map)
7/12/00 Passed Samuel H. Lacy, Sr. Post Office Building 919 West 34th Street
Baltimore, MD (Map)
7/12/00 Passed Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building 2000 Vassar Street
Reno, NV (Map)
6/27/00 Passed James H. Quillen United States Courthouse 220 West Depot Street
Greeneville, TN (Map)
6/6/00 Passed Matthew F. McHugh Post Office 757 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY (Map)
6/6/00 Passed Les Aspin Post Office Building 1818 Milton Avenue
Janesville, WI (Map)
5/23/00 Passed Harry S. Truman Federal Building 2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC (Map)
5/3/00 Passed Kika de la Garza United States Border Station Pharr, TX (Map)
3/28/00 Passed E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse 1300 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, IN (Map)
3/14/00 Passed Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building 8409 Lee Highway
Merrifield, VA (Map)
3/14/00 Passed Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building 3118 Washington Boulevard
Arlington, VA (Map)
3/8/00 Passed Keith D. Oglesby Station 100 Orchard Park Drive
Greenville, SC (Map)
5/24/99 Passed Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building 8850 South 700 East
Sandy, UT (Map)
4/12/99 Passed Terry Sanford Federal Building 310 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC (Map)
10/7/98 Passed Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office 3813 Main Street
East Chicago, IN (Map)
10/7/98 Passed Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building 701 South Santa Fe Avenue
Compton, CA (Map)
7/16/98 Passed Steve Schiff Auditorium Albuquerque, NM (Map)
6/3/98 Passed Steven Schiff Post Office 9719 Candelaria Road NE.
Albuquerque, NM (Map)
6/3/98 Passed Carl D. Pursell Post Office 47526 Clipper Drive
Plymouth, MI (Map)
10/29/97 Passed David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse 300 Northeast First Avenue
Miami, FL (Map)
10/29/97 Passed J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse Dublin, GA (Map)
9/23/97 Passed Howard T. Markey National Courts Building 717 Madison Place, NW.,
Washington, DC (Map)
9/23/97 Passed Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse the corner of Superior and Huron Roads
Cleveland, OH (Map)
6/17/97 Passed John T. Myers Post Office Building 150 West Margaret Drive
Terre Haute, IN (Map)
6/17/97 Passed Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building Indianapolis, IN (Map)
2/5/97 Passed Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building 7411 Barlite Boulevard
San Antonio, TX (Map)
6/10/96 Passed William J. Nealon United States Courthouse Scranton, PA (Map)
6/10/96 Passed Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse a site on 18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets
Omaha, NE (Map)
12/5/95 Passed Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Place
Louisville, KY (Map)
12/5/95 Passed Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building South 6th and Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith, AR (Map)
12/5/95 Passed Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse 125 Market Street
Youngstown, OH (Map)
4/13/94 Passed Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building 940 Front Street
San Diego, CA (Map)
4/12/94 Passed Byron White United States Courthouse Denver, CO (Map)
9/21/93 Passed Samuel E. Perry Postal Building 600 Princess Anne Street
Fredericksburg, VA (Map)
9/21/93 Passed Ross Bass Post Office 111 West College Street
Pulaski, TN (Map)
9/21/93 Passed Graham B. Purcell, Jr., Post Office and Federal Building Wichita Falls, TX (Map)
5/24/93 Passed Abe Murdock United States Post Office Building 20 South Main
Beaver, UT (Map)
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