House roll call 217 · 87th Congress · Sep 26, 1962
S.J. RES. 230. Express U.S. Determination to prevent the spread of communism from cuba to the rest of the western hemisphere by any means necessary. Broomfiel
On Sep 26, 1962, the House voted 140–251 (SJRE 230). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–250, Republicans 149–13. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 16 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
- 140
- No
- 251
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Sep 26, 1962
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 250 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans149 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
- John Vliet Lindsay R-NY voted no
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- James Edward Bromwell R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
- Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Peter Adams Garland R-ME
- Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Don Levingston Short R-ND
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-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
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell 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
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-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
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Edwin Russell Durno R-OR
- William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
- Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- William Warren Scranton R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Louise Goff Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Richard Harding Poff R-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
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Dale Alford D-AR
- Catherine Dorris Norrell D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers 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
- 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
- John Leonard Pilcher 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
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Merwin Coad D-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
- John Carl Kluczynski D-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
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- James Floyd Breeding D-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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-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
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-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
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead 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
- Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-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
- 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
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Walter Henry Moeller D-OH
- Robert Eugene Cook D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herman Toll D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-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
- 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
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Morris Blaine Peterson D-UT
- 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
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- 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
Voted present
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
- George Meader R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Did not vote
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- George O. Chambers R-IN
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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