To pass H. RES. 460, resolving that the speaker appoint a select committee of 5 members of the house to investigate the executive agencies of the government to

On Apr 29, 1936, the House voted 269–44 (HRE 460). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 224–0, Republicans 39–46, Others 8–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 members voted against their own party.

During the 74th Congress (1935–1936), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 269
No: 44
Did not vote: 124
Date: Apr 29, 1936

By party

Democrats224 yes · 0 no · 102 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 46 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
John George Stewart R-DE voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
Verner Wright Main R-MI voted yes
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted yes
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted yes
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted yes
Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
John Baker Hollister R-OH voted yes
William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
William Alexander Ekwall R-OR voted yes
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
Charles Francis Risk R-RI voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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