H.J. RES. 284. Make supplemental appropriation for the department of agriculture. Passage.

On Feb 27, 1963, the House voted 254–154 (HJRE 284). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–20, Republicans 35–138. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 members voted against their own party.

During the 88th Congress (1963–1964), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 254
No: 154
Did not vote: 9
Date: Feb 27, 1963

By party

Democrats223 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 138 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted yes
James Edward Bromwell R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
John Henry Kyl R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
William Henry Avery R-KS voted yes
Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted yes
Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD voted yes
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted yes
Harold Martin Ryan D-MI voted no
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted no
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
Ancher Nelsen R-MN voted yes
Clark Macgregor R-MN voted yes
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted yes
James Franklin Battin R-MT voted yes
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R-ND voted yes
Don Levingston Short R-ND voted yes
David Thomas Martin R-NE voted yes
Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ voted no
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted no
Alexander Pirnie R-NY voted yes
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Benjamin Reifel R-SD voted yes
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted yes
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted no
Joe Richard Pool D-TX voted no
Richard Harding Poff R-VA voted yes
Catherine Dean May R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI voted yes
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Patrick Minor Martin R-CA
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Abner Woodruff Sibal R-CT
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Edward John Gurney R-FL
William Cato Cramer R-FL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R-IL
Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Robert Thaddeus Mcloskey R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Donald Cogley Bruce R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Robert Fred Ellsworth R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Eugene Siler R-KY
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Stanley Roger Tupper R-ME
August Edgar Johansen R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. 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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
Harold Martin Ryan D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Basil Lee Whitener D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Ralph Frederick Beermann R-NE
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
Milton Willits Glenn R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-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
George Marvin Wallhauser R-NJ
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Seymour Halpern R-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
John Vliet Lindsay R-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Robert Raymond Barry R-NY
Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Carl West Rich 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
Homer E. Abele R-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
William H. Milliken Jr. R-PA
Willard Sevier Curtin R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
James Dorman Weaver R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
William Emerson Brock III R-TN
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Edgar Franklin Foreman R-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Joe Richard Pool D-TX
Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
K. William Stinson R-WA
Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R-WV
William Henry Harrison R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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