House roll call 145 · 76th Congress · May 8, 1940
Conference report on H.R. 8202, approrpiations to the dept. Of agriculture for fiscal 1941, to recede and concur in Senate amendment no. 6, which appropriates $
On May 8, 1940, the House voted 200–174 (HR 8202). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 152–70, Republicans 45–105, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 115 members voted against their own party.
During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 200
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 8, 1940
By party
- Democrats152 yes · 70 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 105 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT voted yes
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT voted yes
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA voted no
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted no
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski D-MI voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted no
- John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH voted yes
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ voted yes
- David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted yes
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted no
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY voted no
- James Herbert Fay D-NY voted no
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted no
And 35 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates 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
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- George Short Williams R-DE
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Will Rogers D-OK
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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