Conference report on H. J. RES. 679, (p. Res. 122), to recede and concur in an amendment appropriating $212 million to carry into effect SEC. No. 303 of the agr

On Jun 14, 1938, the House voted 231–128 (HJR 679). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 208–74, Republicans 25–55, Others 6–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 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: 231
No: 128
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jun 14, 1938

By party

Democrats208 yes · 74 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans25 yes · 55 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 7 no

Who broke with their party

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT voted no
James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
William Michael Citron D-CT voted no
William Franklin Allen D-DE voted no
Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL 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
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted no
Frank William Towey Jr. 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
Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted yes
George Bradshaw Kelly D-NY voted no
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
Byron Berry Harlan 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
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH voted no
Leon Sacks D-PA voted no
James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA voted no
Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted no
John Burrwood Daly D-PA voted no
Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D-PA voted no
Ira Walton Drew D-PA voted no
Oliver Walter Frey D-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA voted no
John Harold Flannery D-PA voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Guy Jacob Swope D-PA voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no

And 19 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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