H.R. 4055. Motion to suspend the rules to pass a bill to amend PL 86-209 to authorize the payment of a monetary award to recipients of the national medal of SC

On Aug 8, 1962, the House voted 193–177 (HR 4055). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 188–52, Republicans 27–136. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 members voted against their own party.

During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 193
No: 177
Did not vote: 14
Date: Aug 8, 1962

By party

Democrats188 yes · 52 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans27 yes · 136 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID voted no
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME voted yes
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI voted yes
Harold Martin Ryan D-MI voted no
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted no
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
Ralph James Scott D-NC voted no
Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC voted no
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted yes
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted yes
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted yes
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted yes
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted yes
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY voted yes
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted yes
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
William Warren Scranton R-PA voted yes
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted no
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
William Munford Tuck D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted yes
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

George William Andrews D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
George Elliott Hagan D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
James Harvey R-MI
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Harold Martin Ryan D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Clark Macgregor R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Ralph James Scott D-NC
Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
William Munford Tuck D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
William Henry Harrison R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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