H. RES. 625. College construction, resolution to send to conference H.R. 8900.

On May 9, 1962, the House voted 295–77 (HRE 625). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 186–26, Republicans 110–52. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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: 295
No: 77
Did not vote: 13
Date: May 9, 1962

By party

Democrats186 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans110 yes · 52 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Paul Findley R-IL voted no
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN voted no
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy 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
James Franklin Battin R-MT voted no
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted no
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Don Levingston Short R-ND voted no
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE voted no
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE voted no
David Thomas Martin R-NE voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
John Raymond Pillion R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA 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 Witherspoon Hemphill D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX 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
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
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
Bernice Frederic Sisk 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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
Frank Kowalski D-CT
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
George Elliott Hagan D-GA
John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Carl Vinson 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
James Edward Bromwell R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Merwin Coad D-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
Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
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
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
James Floyd Breeding D-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Frank Welsh Burke D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson 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
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Thomas Francis Johnson 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
Peter Adams Garland R-ME
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
George Meader 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
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-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
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Joseph Randall D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Arnold Olsen D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Horace Robinson Kornegay D-NC
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Perkins Bass R-NH
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
Milton Willits Glenn 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
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
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
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
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-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
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-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
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead 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
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
Herman Toll D-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
William Warren Scranton R-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
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
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Benjamin Reifel R-SD
Louise Goff Reece R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Olin Earl Teague 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
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
David Sjodahl King D-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
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
Catherine Dean May R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-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

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “H. RES. 625. College construction…: House Vote, May 9, 1962,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-151/h-res-625-college-construction-resolution-to-send-to (accessed 2026-10-17).