Conference report on H.R. 8745. To recede and concur in Senate amendment no. 91 permitting the secretary of the interior to enter into contracts for approximat

On May 29, 1940, the House voted 197–155 (HR 8745). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 208–18, Republicans 2–150, Others 2–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 20 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: 197
No: 155
Did not vote: 32
Date: May 29, 1940

By party

Democrats208 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans2 yes · 150 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
James Martin Barnes D-IL voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted yes
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no

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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