Conference report on H.R. 2868: deficiency appropriation bill for fiscal 1939, to recede and concur in Senate amendment number 10 which provides $5 million in

On Mar 1, 1939, the House voted 202–147 (HR 2868). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 120–78, Republicans 78–69, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 147 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: 202
No: 147
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 1, 1939

By party

Democrats120 yes · 78 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans78 yes · 69 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lee Edward Geyer D-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
George Short Williams R-DE voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
James Martin Barnes D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
John Cunningham Martin D-IL voted no
Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
George W. Gillie R-IN voted no
Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD 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
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
George Henry Heinke R-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no

And 67 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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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on H.R. 2868: deficiency…: House Vote, Mar 1, 1939,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-16/conference-report-on-h-r-2868-deficiency-appropriation-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).