H.R. 13241. Amend the 1962 food and agriculture act to permit farmers to grow up to 15 acres of wheat in 1963 without becoming subject to penalties for overpla

On Oct 1, 1962, the House voted 255–60 (HR 13241). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 213–4, Republicans 70–70. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 255
No: 60
Did not vote: 14
Date: Oct 1, 1962

By party

Democrats213 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans70 yes · 70 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted no
William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA voted no
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA voted no
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Craig Hosmer R-CA voted no
H. Allen Smith R-CA voted no
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
James Edward Bromwell R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
John Henry Kyl 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
William Henry Avery R-KS voted no
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS voted no
Walter Lewis Mcvey Jr. R-KS voted no
Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted no
James Floyd Breeding D-KS voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Hastings Keith R-MA voted no
Laurence Curtis R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted no
Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted no
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Arnold Olsen D-MT voted no
James Franklin Battin R-MT voted no
Don Levingston Short R-ND voted no
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND voted no
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE voted no
David Thomas Martin R-NE voted no
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ voted no
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ voted no
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ voted no
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted no
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ voted no
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
Frank John Becker R-NY voted no
John Henry Ray R-NY voted no
Paul Albert Fino R-NY voted no
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Edwin Russell Durno R-OR voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI voted no
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 13241: To amend section 309 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Frank William Boykin D-AL
Oren Harris D-AR
Clement Woodnutt Miller D-CA
John Francis Shelley D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Dalip Singh (Judge) Saund D-CA
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Frank Kowalski D-CT
Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
Carl Vinson D-GA
Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Merwin Coad D-IA
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
Edward Rowan Finnegan D-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Harold Barnett Mcsween D-LA
Peter Adams Garland R-ME
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Perkins Bass R-NH
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
Leonard Farbstein D-NY
Herbert Zelenko D-NY
Edwin Benedict Dooley R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Jessica McCullough Weis R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Corinne Boyd Riley D-SC
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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