To pass S.J. RES. 286, authorizing the President to order national guard and reserves into active military service.

On Aug 15, 1940, the House voted 342–34 (SJR 286). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 215–5, Republicans 124–28, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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: 342
No: 34
Did not vote: 38
Date: Aug 15, 1940

By party

Democrats215 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans124 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
William Howard Wheat R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Stephen Bolles R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI 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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