H.R. 11040. Communications satellite act. Resolution (H. RES. 769) agreeing to Senate amendments and clearing the bill for the President's signature.

On Aug 27, 1962, the House voted 372–10 (HR 11040). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–10, Republicans 152–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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: 372
No: 10
Did not vote: 14
Date: Aug 27, 1962

By party

Democrats223 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans152 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Roosevelt D-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted no
William Fitts Ryan D-NY voted no
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted no
Edith Starrett Green D-OR voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Henry B. González D-TX voted no
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted no
Lester Roland Johnson D-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 11040: To provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes

How each representative voted: Yes

Ralph Julian Rivers D-AK
George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains 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
Oren Harris D-AR
Thomas Dale Alford 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
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
Chester Earl Holifield D-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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman 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
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
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
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
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
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Arnold Olsen D-MT
James Franklin Battin R-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
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Don Levingston Short R-ND
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
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
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo 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
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
John Taber 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
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
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-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
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
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
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
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
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
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
Thomas Jefferson Murray 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
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
William Homer Thornberry 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
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
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
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
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. 11040. Communications satellite act…: House Vote, Aug 27, 1962,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/87-H-194/h-r-11040-communications-satellite-act-resolution-h-res (accessed 2026-10-17).