To agree to conference report on H. R. 8505.

On Feb 9, 1938, the House voted 264–135 (HR 8505). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 247–56, Republicans 14–75, Others 6–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 members voted against their own party.

During the 75th Congress (1937–1938), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 264
No: 135
Did not vote: 18
Date: Feb 9, 1938

By party

Democrats247 yes · 56 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 75 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 7 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA voted no
William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT voted no
Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Edward White Patterson D-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Elmer H. Wene D-NJ voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted no
Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
Herbert Seely Bigelow D-OH voted no
Byron Berry Harlan D-OH voted no
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted no
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
Gomer Griffith Smith D-OK voted no
Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK voted no
Will Rogers D-OK voted no
Michael Joseph Stack D-PA voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
John Matthew O'Connell D-RI voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Charles Henry Leavy D-WA voted no
John Main Coffee D-WA voted no
Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI voted no
Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Andrew Edmiston D-WV voted no
Paul Ranous Greever D-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report on H. R. 8505.: House Vote, Feb 9, 1938,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-102/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-8505 (accessed 2026-10-17).