H.R. 12711. Independent offices appropriation bill, providing $11,501141000 for 23 executive agencies and independent offices.

On Aug 1, 1962, the House voted 369–12 (HR 12711). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–1, Republicans 146–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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: 369
No: 12
Did not vote: 14
Date: Aug 1, 1962

By party

Democrats223 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans146 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted no
James Boyd Utt R-CA voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO voted no
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Henry B. González D-TX voted no

The bill

H.R. 12711: Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes

How each representative voted: Yes

Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
Frank William Boykin D-AL
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
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 Francis Shelley D-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
Jeffery Cohelan 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
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
H. Allen Smith 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
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
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
John Stephen Monagan D-CT
Frank Kowalski D-CT
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell 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
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
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
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
William Thomas Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-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
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
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey R-IN
William Henry Avery R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth 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
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-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
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
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
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
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
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Arnold Olsen D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
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
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
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
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
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
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
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
John Raymond Pillion 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
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead 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
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
Carroll Dudley Kearns 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
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
Corinne Boyd Riley 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
Ross Bass D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray 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
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas 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
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey 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
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
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan 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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Capitol Receipts, “H.R. 12711. Independent offices…: House Vote, Aug 1, 1962,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-184/h-r-12711-independent-offices-appropriation-bill-providing-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).