House roll call 21 · 76th Congress · Mar 9, 1939
Conference report on H.R. 3743. Appropriations for the executive and sundry independent bureaus and offices, 1940, to recede and concur with Senate amendment n
On Mar 9, 1939, the House voted 89–260 (HR 3743). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 72–136, Republicans 17–120, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 89 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
- 89
- No
- 260
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 9, 1939
By party
- Democrats72 yes · 136 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 120 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted yes
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted yes
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted yes
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
- Clyde Williams D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted yes
- Wall Doxey D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted yes
- George Henry Heinke R-NE voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA voted yes
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted yes
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA voted yes
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted yes
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted yes
- Jere Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN voted yes
- Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX voted yes
- John Marvin Jones D-TX voted yes
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
- Charles Lacy South D-TX voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- John Taber R-NY
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- George William Johnson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- George Short Williams R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
Voted present
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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