House roll call 230 · 87th Congress · Oct 4, 1962
H.R. 4670. Conference report on bill to amend the law relating to indecent publications in d.c. To authorize forfeiture of property seized in connection with a
On Oct 4, 1962, the House voted 272–18 (HR 4670). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 157–16, Republicans 117–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 272
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Oct 4, 1962
By party
- Democrats157 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans117 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA voted no
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted no
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI voted no
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted no
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted no
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY voted no
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY voted no
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY voted no
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted no
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-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
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- 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
- Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-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
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. 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
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- 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
- Harold Martin Ryan D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen 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
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Ralph James Scott D-NC
- Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Alvin Paul Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-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
- Thomas Gayle Morris D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Alfred Edward Santangelo D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George 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
- John Taber R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-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
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller 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
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan 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
- 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
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- 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
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-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
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-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
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- James Edward Bromwell R-IA
- Merwin Coad D-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- James Floyd Breeding D-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas Francis Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Corinne Boyd Riley D-SC
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- George O. Chambers R-IN
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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