Conference report on H. R. 8837, (p. A. 534), a bill to make appropriations for independent offices, 1939, on the motion to recede and concur in a Senate amendm

On Mar 22, 1938, the House voted 157–187 (SRE 26). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 148–116, Republicans 5–79, Others 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 121 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: 157
No: 187
Did not vote: 22
Date: Mar 22, 1938

By party

Democrats148 yes · 116 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 79 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted no
William Ben Cravens D-AR voted no
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
John Francis Dockweiler D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
William Michael Citron D-CT voted no
William Franklin Allen D-DE voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted no
Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL voted no
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted no
Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
Edward White Patterson D-KS voted no
John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
Joseph Edward Casey D-MA voted no
Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted no
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI voted no
Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
Charles Francis Mclaughlin 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
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Dixon D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Arthur William Aleshire D-OH voted no
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted no

And 41 more.

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, “Conference report on H. R. 8837, (p. A…: House Vote, Mar 22, 1938,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-116/conference-report-on-h-r-8837-p-a-534 (accessed 2026-10-17).