Albert motion to dispense with further proceedings.

On Aug 27, 1962, the House voted 312–62. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 171–58, Republicans 141–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 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: 312
No: 62
Did not vote: 14
Date: Aug 27, 1962

By party

Democrats171 yes · 58 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans141 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted no
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL voted no
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted no
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Thomas Dale Alford D-AR voted no
Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL voted no
George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
John William Davis D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS 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
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
Corinne Boyd Riley 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
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN voted no
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers 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
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
Frank Kowalski D-CT
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
James Edward Bromwell 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
Ralph R. Harding D-ID
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
William Thomas Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
Edward Rowan Finnegan D-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
John Brademas D-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
George Meader R-MI
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
James Grant O'Hara D-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
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Lesinski Jr. 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
Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Fred Marshall D-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Joseph Randall D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
Arnold Olsen D-MT
James Franklin Battin R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
William Fitts Ryan D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
James Christopher Healey D-NY
Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
Herman Toll D-PA
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-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
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
David Sjodahl King D-UT
William Pat Jennings D-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
William Henry Harrison R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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