To amend H.R. 1163 by offering reserve commodities for sale at 100-percent of parity.

On Dec 8, 1971, the House voted 145–201 (HR 1163). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–188, Republicans 136–13. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 145
No: 201
Did not vote: 97
Date: Dec 8, 1971

By party

Democrats9 yes · 188 no · 61 didn’t vote
Republicans136 yes · 13 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted no
Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted no
Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
John George Schmitz R-CA voted no
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY voted yes
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
James Robert Mann D-SC voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Sam Steiger R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Wiley Mayne R-IA
William Joseph Scherle R-IA
James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
David Worth Dennis R-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
William Oswald Mills R-MD
Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
James Harvey R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
John Matthew Zwach R-MN
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Charles Thone R-NE
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Peter A. Peyser R-NY
Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
John Hart Terry R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
James Fred Hastings R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Henry P. Smith III R-NY
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
William John Keating R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
Wendell Wyatt R-OR
John Richard Dellenback R-OR
Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
John Haines Ware III R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
James Robert Mann D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
LaMar Baker R-TN
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Robert Dale Price R-TX
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
George William Whitehurst R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Elizabeth Bullock Andrews D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
George Washington Collins D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
Cliffard Dale Carlson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
John Clarence Watts D-KY
William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Gilbert Gude R-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Bertram L. Podell D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Louis Stokes D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
William Sheldrick Conover II R-PA
Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
Teno Roncalio D-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1163 by offering reserve…: House Vote, Dec 8, 1971,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/92-H-303/to-amend-h-r-1163-by-offering-reserve-commodities (accessed 2026-10-17).