To amend H. J. RES. 361, by allocating a minimum of $75,000,000 for highway construction, and $50,000,000 for secondary roads.

On Jun 1, 1937, the House voted 168–207 (HJR 361). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 101–198, Republicans 72–11, Others 5–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 112 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: 168
No: 207
Did not vote: 52
Date: Jun 1, 1937

By party

Democrats101 yes · 198 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans72 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 8 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
Joe Starnes D-AL voted yes
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
Luther Patrick D-AL voted yes
William Joshua Driver D-AR voted yes
Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted yes
William Ben Cravens D-AR voted yes
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted yes
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
Charles Kramer D-CA voted yes
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted yes
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA voted yes
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted yes
Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted yes
James Indus Farley D-IN voted yes
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted yes
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted yes
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted yes
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted yes
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
John Frederick Luecke D-MI voted yes
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted yes
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Wall Doxey D-MS voted yes
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted yes
Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted yes
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted no
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted yes
John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted yes
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted yes
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted yes
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted yes
James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
Arthur William Aleshire D-OH voted yes
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted yes
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted yes
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted yes
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted yes
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted yes
Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH voted yes
Harold Gerard Mosier D-OH voted yes

And 32 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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