House roll call 132 · 75th Congress · May 9, 1938
To agree to conference report on H. R. 7084, (p. A. 775), a bill to require all cabs for hire in d. C. Be compelled to carry insurance.
On May 9, 1938, the House voted 113–197 (HR 7084). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 92–130, Republicans 21–54, Others 0–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 113 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
- 113
- No
- 197
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 9, 1938
By party
- Democrats92 yes · 130 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 54 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Luther Patrick D-AL voted yes
- William Joshua Driver D-AR voted yes
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted yes
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
- John Joseph Smith D-CT voted yes
- William Michael Citron D-CT voted yes
- William Franklin Allen D-DE voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted yes
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted yes
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted yes
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted yes
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted yes
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Marshall Long D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted yes
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA voted yes
- John Keller Griffith D-LA voted yes
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted yes
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- John Frederick Luecke D-MI voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted yes
- Clyde Williams D-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted yes
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted yes
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted yes
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted yes
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted yes
And 33 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- William Michael Citron D-CT
- William Franklin Allen D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL
- Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Lewis Marshall Long D-IL
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- John Frederick Luecke D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Dixon D-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Harold Gerard Mosier D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Gomer Griffith Smith D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Peter Joseph De Muth D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Richard Merrill Atkinson D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- Paul Ranous Greever D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner O-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Andrew Meeks D-IL
- Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward White Patterson D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Henry George Teigan O-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Dewey William Johnson O-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- John Toussaint Bernard O-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH
- Arthur William Aleshire D-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Nan Wood Honeyman D-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Ira Walton Drew D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Richard Eckert D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Matthew O'Connell D-RI
- Gabriel Heyward Mahon Jr. D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Fontaine Maury Maverick D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Norman Rond Hamilton D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thomas Ryum Amlie O-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow O-WI
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Gerald John Boileau O-WI
- George John Schneider O-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Edwin Van Meter Champion D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- James Indus Farley D-IN
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Bradshaw Kelly D-NY
- Byron Berry Harlan D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D-PA
- Michael Joseph Stack D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- James Hilary Gildea D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Guy Jacob Swope D-PA
- Don Gingery D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Charles Noel Crosby D-PA
- James Leland Quinn D-PA
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- John Clarence Taylor D-SC
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA
- Charles J. Colden D-CA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- John Patrick Higgins D-MA
- Alphonse Roy D-NH
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ
- Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY
- Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY
- Herbert Seely Bigelow D-OH
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH
- Robert Potter Hill D-OK
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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