To pass S. 2475, (p. A. 728), the wage and hour bill.

On May 24, 1938, the House voted 314–97 (S 2475). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 258–58, Republicans 47–42, Others 13–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 100 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: 314
No: 97
Did not vote: 22
Date: May 24, 1938

By party

Democrats258 yes · 58 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans47 yes · 42 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted no
William Ben Cravens D-AR voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
James Mark Wilcox D-FL voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA voted no
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Fred James Douglas R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Benjamin Jarrett R-PA voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Allard Henry Gasque D-SC voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted no

And 20 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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