H. RES. 777. Rule for floor consideration, with one hour of general debate of a bill (s. 2429) enlarging the boundaries of the virgin islands national park.

On Sep 18, 1962, the House voted 270–5 (HRE 777). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 163–0, Republicans 108–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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: 270
No: 5
Did not vote: 14
Date: Sep 18, 1962

By party

Democrats163 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans108 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
August Edgar Johansen R-MI voted no
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
Harold Terry Johnson 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
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
James Roosevelt D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson 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
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
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
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. 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
Merwin Coad D-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Ralph R. Harding D-ID
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Barratt O'Hara D-IL
William Thomas Murphy D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Roland Victor Libonati D-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends 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
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Ralph Harvey 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 Leslie Chelf 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
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
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
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-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
Fred Marshall D-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
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
John Bell Williams 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
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
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-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
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
William Fitts Ryan D-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Leo William O'Brien D-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Edith Starrett Green D-OR
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Herman Toll D-PA
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague 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 Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
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
Joseph Carlton Loser D-TN
Ross Bass D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
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
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
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
David Sjodahl King D-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Howard Worth Smith 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
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
Kenneth William Hechler 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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