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 176 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.
| Date | Result | Building name | Building location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building | Orchard Park, NY (Map) | ||
| Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building | Stow, OH (Map) | ||
| Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building | Portola, CA (Map) | ||
| John J. Shivnen Post Office Building | Garden City, MI (Map) | ||
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office | Portland, OR (Map) | ||
| William O. Lipinski Federal Building | Chicago, IL (Map) | ||
| Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office | Erath, LA (Map) | ||
| Lim Poon Lee Post Office | San Francisco, CA (Map) | ||
| William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic | |||
| Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building | Port Charlotte, FL (Map) | ||
| Laredo Veterans Post Office | Laredo, TX (Map) | ||
| John S. Wilder Post Office Building | Somerville, TN (Map) | ||
| Herbert A Littleton Postal Station | Nampa, ID (Map) | ||
| Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building | Rochester, NY (Map) | ||
| Stan Lundine Post Office Building | Jamestown, NY (Map) | ||
| Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building | Saint Charles, MO (Map) | ||
| John Scott Challis, Jr. Post Office | Freedom, PA (Map) | ||
| Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building | Ballwin, MO (Map) | ||
| Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office | McLain, MS (Map) | ||
| R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse | |||
| J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Elizabeth City, NC (Map) | ||
| Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building | Springfield, IL (Map) | ||
| Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic | |||
| Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building | Saint Charles, MO (Map) | ||
| Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse | Brooklyn, NY (Map) | ||
| Texas Military Veterans Post Office | Humble, TX (Map) | ||
| Julia M. Carson Post Office Building | Indianapolis, IN (Map) | ||
| Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office | Gloucester, VA (Map) | ||
| E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building | Port Jervis, NY (Map) | ||
| Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex | Lebanon, MO (Map) | ||
| Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building | Chagrin Falls, OH (Map) | ||
| 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 | |||
| Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building | Cleveland, GA (Map) | ||
| 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 | Louisville, KY (Map) | ||
| Larry S. Pierce Post Office | Taft, CA (Map) | ||
| Richard B. Anderson Federal Building | |||
| Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office | Roanoke Rapids, NC (Map) | ||
| Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building | Marshall, MI (Map) | ||
| Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building | Bayonne, NJ (Map) | ||
| Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office | New Orleans, LA (Map) | ||
| Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building | Vassar, MI (Map) | ||
| Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office | Suffield, CT (Map) | ||
| Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Major Scott Nisely Post Office | Marshalltown, IA (Map) | ||
| Leonard W. Herman Post Office | Boca Raton, FL (Map) | ||
| Staff Sergeant Marvin "Rex" Young Post Office Building | Odessa, TX (Map) | ||
| Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building | Lecanto, FL (Map) | ||
| Rachel Carson Post Office Building | Springdale, PA (Map) | ||
| Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office | Rio Grande City, TX (Map) | ||
| Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building | Vail, CO (Map) | ||
| Lane Evans Post Office Building | Rock Island, IL (Map) | ||
| Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building | Vienna, VA (Map) | ||
| Thomas J. Manton Post Office Building | Woodside, NY (Map) | ||
| Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building | Morris, IL (Map) | ||
| Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office | Dimmitt, TX (Map) | ||
| Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building | Mission, KS (Map) | ||
| Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office | Tulsa, OK (Map) | ||
| Holly A. Charette Post Office | Cranston, RI (Map) | ||
| Grant W. Green Post Office Building | Knox, IN (Map) | ||
| John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic | |||
| Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building | Pearl River, NY (Map) | ||
| Albert H. Quie Post Office | Dennison, MN (Map) | ||
| Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building | Pittsburgh, PA (Map) | ||
| William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building | Warren, PA (Map) | ||
| Willie Vaughn Post Office | Parkdale, AR (Map) | ||
| Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building | Berkeley, CA (Map) | ||
| Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building | Hodgenville, KY (Map) | ||
| Paul Kasten Post Office Building | Brockway, MT (Map) | ||
| James T. Molloy Post Office Building | Buffalo, NY (Map) | ||
| Floyd Lupton Post Office | Belhaven, NC (Map) | ||
| Linda White-Epps Post Office | Hamden, CT (Map) | ||
| Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse | Sacramento, CA (Map) | ||
| Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building | Alexandria, VA (Map) | ||
| Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building | Altamonte Springs, FL (Map) | ||
| Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Dayton, OH (Map) | ||
| John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse | Jacksonville, FL (Map) | ||
| Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building | Temecula, CA (Map) | ||
| Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building | Springdale, AR (Map) | ||
| General William Carey Lee Post Office Building | Dunn, NC (Map) | ||
| Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building | Roxboro, NC (Map) | ||
| Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building | Raeford, NC (Map) | ||
| Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building | Edinburg, TX (Map) | ||
| Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse | Miami, FL (Map) | ||
| Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building | Middletown, RI (Map) | ||
| James V. Hansen Federal Building | Ogden, UT (Map) | ||
| Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility | Cape Girardeau, MO (Map) | ||
| General John J. Pershing Post Office | Laclede, MO (Map) | ||
| Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office | Los Angeles, CA (Map) | ||
| Vaughn Gross Post Office Building | Dallas, TX (Map) | ||
| Lloyd L. Burke Post Office | Stuttgart, AR (Map) | ||
| Myron V. George Post Office | Altamont, KS (Map) | ||
| Ben Atchley Post Office Building | Knoxville, TN (Map) | ||
| Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building | Strongsville, OH (Map) | ||
| Stephen Horn Post Office Building | Long Beach, CA (Map) | ||
| Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building | Wichita, KS (Map) | ||
| Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building | |||
| Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building | Boulder City, NV (Map) | ||
| Walt Disney Post Office Building | Marceline, MO (Map) | ||
| Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Indianapolis, IN (Map) | ||
| Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Indianapolis, IN (Map) | ||
| General Charles Gabriel Post Office | Iron Station, NC (Map) | ||
| James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building | New York, NY (Map) | ||
| Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Dayton, OH (Map) | ||
| Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building | Brookfield, MO (Map) | ||
| Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building | Clifton, NJ (Map) | ||
| Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building | Dallas, TX (Map) | ||
| Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building | St. Louis, MO (Map) | ||
| Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building | Stockton, CA (Map) | ||
| Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building | Florence, SC (Map) | ||
| Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building | Fallon, NV (Map) | ||
| Joseph D. Early Post Office Building | Worcester, MA (Map) | ||
| Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center | Washington, DC (Map) | ||
| Clarence Miller Post Office Building | Lancaster, OH (Map) | ||
| Frank Sinatra Post Office Building | Hoboken, NJ (Map) | ||
| Jim Fonteno Post Office Building | Pasadena, TX (Map) | ||
| Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building | Oceanside, CA (Map) | ||
| Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building | College Park, MD (Map) | ||
| Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building | Lake Linden, MI (Map) | ||
| James R. Browning United States Courthouse | San Francisco, CA (Map) | ||
| Horatio King Post Office Building | Paris Hill, ME (Map) | ||
| Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building | Deer Park, NY (Map) | ||
| Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Butte, MT (Map) | ||
| Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Youngstown, OH (Map) | ||
| Norman Sisisky Post Office Building | Petersburg, VA (Map) | ||
| `Herb Harris Post Office Building' | Alexandria, VA (Map) | ||
| Stan Parris Post Office Building | Annandale, VA (Map) | ||
| James C. Corman Federal Building | Van Nuys, CA (Map) | ||
| Elwood Haynes 'Bud' Hillis Post Office Building | Kokomo, IN (Map) | ||
| James C. Corman Federal Building | Van Nuys, CA (Map) | ||
| Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Allentown, PA (Map) | ||
| Goro Hokama Post Office Building | Lanai City, HI (Map) | ||
| Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building | West Melbourne, FL (Map) | ||
| Robert S. Walker Post Office | Millersville, PA (Map) | ||
| William S. Broomfield Post Office Building | Royal Oak, MI (Map) | ||
| Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building | Rockville, MD (Map) | ||
| Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office Building | Baltimore, MD (Map) | ||
| Carl Elliott Federal Building | Jasper, AL (Map) | ||
| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office Building | Derry, NH (Map) | ||
| Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building | Reno, NV (Map) | ||
| Samuel H. Lacy, Sr. Post Office Building | Baltimore, MD (Map) | ||
| James H. Quillen United States Courthouse | Greeneville, TN (Map) | ||
| Matthew F. McHugh Post Office | Ithaca, NY (Map) | ||
| Les Aspin Post Office Building | Janesville, WI (Map) | ||
| Harry S. Truman Federal Building | Washington, DC (Map) | ||
| Kika de la Garza United States Border Station | |||
| E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Fort Wayne, IN (Map) | ||
| Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building | Arlington, VA (Map) | ||
| Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building | Merrifield, VA (Map) | ||
| Keith D. Oglesby Station | Greenville, SC (Map) | ||
| Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building | Sandy, UT (Map) | ||
| Terry Sanford Federal Building | Raleigh, NC (Map) | ||
| Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building | Compton, CA (Map) | ||
| Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office | East Chicago, IN (Map) | ||
| Steve Schiff Auditorium | |||
| Steven Schiff Post Office | Albuquerque, NM (Map) | ||
| Carl D. Pursell Post Office | Plymouth, MI (Map) | ||
| J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse | |||
| David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse | Miami, FL (Map) | ||
| Howard T. Markey National Courts Building | Washington, DC (Map) | ||
| Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse | Cleveland, OH (Map) | ||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building | |||
| John T. Myers Post Office Building | Terre Haute, IN (Map) | ||
| Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building | San Antonio, TX (Map) | ||
| William J. Nealon United States Courthouse | |||
| Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse | Omaha, NE (Map) | ||
| Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building | Louisville, KY (Map) | ||
| Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse | Youngstown, OH (Map) | ||
| Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building | Fort Smith, AR (Map) | ||
| Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building | San Diego, CA (Map) | ||
| Byron White United States Courthouse | |||
| Ross Bass Post Office | Pulaski, TN (Map) | ||
| Samuel E. Perry Postal Building | Fredericksburg, VA (Map) | ||
| Graham B. Purcell, Jr., Post Office and Federal Building | |||
| Abe Murdock United States Post Office Building | Beaver, UT (Map) |
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