To agree to conference report on S. 2009, bill to amend the interstate commerce act.

On Aug 12, 1940, the House voted 247–75 (S 2009). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 122–59, Republicans 127–17, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 247
No: 75
Did not vote: 68
Date: Aug 12, 1940

By party

Democrats122 yes · 59 no · 58 didn’t vote
Republicans127 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
Lee Edward Geyer D-CA voted no
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted no
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Joseph Edward Casey D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
John Francis Harter R-NY voted no
Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted no
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
Will Rogers D-OK voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA voted no
Clifford Davis D-TN voted no
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
Nat Patton D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Charles Lacy South D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
Martin Fernard Smith D-WA voted no
Knute Hill D-WA voted no
Charles Henry Leavy D-WA voted no
John Main Coffee D-WA voted no
Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI voted no
George William Johnson D-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report on S. 2009…: House Vote, Aug 12, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-199/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-s-2009-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).