House roll call 89 · 71st Congress · Feb 20, 1931
To agree to report of conference committee on S.J. RES. 49, providing for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of the governm
On Feb 20, 1931, the House voted 216–153 (SJR 49). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–169, Democrats 146–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 93 members voted against their own party.
During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 216
- No
- 153
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Feb 20, 1931
By party
- Democrats146 yes · 4 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans89 yes · 169 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ voted no
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted yes
- Joe Crail R-CA voted yes
- Philip David Swing R-CA voted yes
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted yes
- Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- James Thomas Igoe D-IL voted no
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL voted yes
- William Richard Johnson R-IL voted yes
- William Perry Holaday R-IL voted yes
- Charles Adkins R-IL voted yes
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- William Henry Sproul R-KS voted yes
- Homer Hoch R-KS voted yes
- James George Strong R-KS voted yes
- Charles Isaac Sparks R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- John Durrett Craddock R-KY voted yes
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted yes
- Lewis Leavell Walker R-KY voted yes
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
- Robert Henry Clancy R-MI voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- John Clark Ketcham R-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Bird J. Vincent R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- William Francis James R-MI voted yes
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted yes
- Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted yes
- Frank Clague R-MN voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted yes
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Kiefner R-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Scott Leavitt R-MT voted yes
- Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted yes
- Thomas Hall R-ND voted yes
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
- Willis Gratz Sears R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
- Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Simms R-NM voted yes
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY voted yes
- Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH voted yes
- Charles Brand R-OH voted yes
- Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R-OH voted yes
- John Charles Speaks R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Edward Baird R-OH voted yes
- Charles Blaine Mcclintock R-OH voted yes
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted yes
- Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR voted yes
- Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR voted yes
- Franklin Menges R-PA voted yes
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted yes
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted yes
- William Williamson R-SD voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- James Willis Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted yes
- Joseph Crockett Shaffer R-VA voted yes
And 13 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL
- LaFayette Lee Patterson D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- Pearl Peden Oldfield D-AR
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- Effiegene Locke Wingo D-AR
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR
- David Delano Glover D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Joe Crail R-CA
- Philip David Swing R-CA
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Thomas Alva Yon D-FL
- Ruth Bryan Owen D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Samuel Rutherford D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL
- William Richard Johnson R-IL
- William Perry Holaday R-IL
- Charles Adkins R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- William Henry Sproul R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Charles Isaac Sparks R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- William Voris Gregory D-KY
- John Lloyd Dorsey Jr. D-KY
- John William Moore D-KY
- John Durrett Craddock R-KY
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY
- Lewis Leavell Walker R-KY
- Numa Francois Montet D-LA
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- William Joseph Granfield D-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Robert Henry Clancy R-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- John Clark Ketcham R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Bird J. Vincent R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN
- Frank Clague R-MN
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Conrad George Selvig R-MN
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Charles Edward Kiefner R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Robert Samuel Hall D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Scott Leavitt R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Hinton James D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Olger Burton Burtness R-ND
- Thomas Hall R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- John Henry Morehead D-NE
- Willis Gratz Sears R-NE
- Edgar Howard D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE
- Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Albert Gallatin Simms R-NM
- William Frank Brunner D-NY
- George Washington Lindsay D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Patrick J. Carley D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Anning Smith Prall D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Frank Oliver D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH
- Charles Brand R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- John Charles Speaks R-OH
- Joseph Edward Baird R-OH
- Charles Blaine Mcclintock R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK
- Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR
- Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR
- Franklin Menges R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Francis Bernard Condon D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- William Williamson R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Edward Everett Eslick D-TN
- Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oliver Harlan Cross D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Guinn Williams D-TX
- Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Joseph Whitehead D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Joseph Crockett Shaffer R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles August Kading R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- George John Schneider R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Vincent Michael Carter R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Arthur Monroe Free R-CA
- William Elmer Evans R-CA
- William Robb Eaton R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Hart Fenn R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT
- Robert Griffith Houston R-DE
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA
- Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA
- Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA
- Cyrenus Cole R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Charles Edward Swanson R-IA
- Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL
- Morton Denison Hull R-IL
- Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL
- James Thomas Igoe D-IL
- Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Frank R. Reid R-IL
- John Clayton Allen R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Edgar Hull R-IL
- Homer William Hall R-IL
- Frank Marion Ramey R-IL
- Edward Michael Irwin R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Ruth Hanna Mccormick R-IL
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Albert Richardson Hall R-IN
- David Hogg R-IN
- Robert E. Lee Blackburn R-KY
- Elva Roscoe Kendall R-KY
- Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY
- Charles Finley R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA
- George Russell Stobbs R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Charles Lee Underhill R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Linwood Leon Clark R-MD
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Edward Nelson R-ME
- Donald Francis Snow R-ME
- Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI
- Grant Martin Hudson R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Probasco Bohn R-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- William Ignatius Nolan R-MN
- David William Hopkins R-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- John William Palmer R-MO
- Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO
- Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO
- Charles Andrew Jonas R-NC
- George Moore Pritchard R-NC
- Fred Gustus Johnson R-NE
- Fletcher Hale R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Harold Giles Hoffman R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Franklin William Fort R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R-NY
- Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Davenport Clarke R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY
- James Lucius Whitley R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Edmund Francis Cooke R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- John Levi Cable R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- William Wallace Chalmers R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Francis Seiberling R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- William Mitchell Morgan R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Charles O'Connor R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- James Montgomery Beck R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Benjamin Martin Golder R-PA
- James Joseph Connolly R-PA
- George Austin Welsh R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA
- Charles Murray Turpin R-PA
- George Franklin Brumm R-PA
- Charles Joseph Esterly R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Frederick William Magrady R-PA
- Edward McMath Beers R-PA
- Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA
- James Russell Leech R-PA
- Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA
- James Mitchell Chase R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Jesse Howard Swick R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Thomas Cunningham Cochran R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- William Radford Coyle R-PA
- Adam Martin Wyant R-PA
- Edmund Frederick Erk R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-PA
- Harry Allison Estep R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI
- Don Byron Colton R-UT
- Frederick Charles Loofbourow R-UT
- Menalcus Lankford R-VA
- Jacob Aaron Garber R-VA
- Elbert Sidney Brigham R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Carl George Bachmann R-WV
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV
- John Marshall Wolverton R-WV
- Robert Lynn Hogg R-WV
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
Did not vote
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Leslie Jasper Steele D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas Aloysius Doyle D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Harry Emerson Rowbottom R-IN
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Judson Lincoln Newhall R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- James Zacharie Spearing D-LA
- William Kirk Kaynor R-MA
- John Joseph Douglass D-MA
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Ole Juulson Kvale O-MN
- Rowland Louis Johnston R-MO
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- John Francis Quayle D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Ulysses Stevens Stone R-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Jeremiah Edward O'Connell D-RI
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Augustus Mccloskey D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Robert Quincy Lee D-TX
- Elmer O. Leatherwood R-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
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