To pass H.R. 8717, the omnibus claims bill.

On Aug 27, 1940, the House voted 180–86 (HR 8717). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 119–32, Republicans 59–53, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 85 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: 180
No: 86
Did not vote: 168
Date: Aug 27, 1940

By party

Democrats119 yes · 32 no · 113 didn’t vote
Republicans59 yes · 53 no · 54 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
George Short Williams R-DE voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted no
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
John Hyde Sweet R-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
John Francis Harter R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
Harve Tibbott R-PA voted no
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted no
Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN voted no
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA voted no
Stephen Bolles R-WI voted no

And 5 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, “To pass H.R. 8717, the omnibus claims bill.: House Vote, Aug 27, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-206/to-pass-h-r-8717-the-omnibus-claims-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).