House roll call 77 · 76th Congress · Jul 14, 1939
To agree to the conference report on S. 1796, the conference report changes the original house bill, among other ways, by limiting the bond expenditures of t.v.
On Jul 14, 1939, the House voted 208–145 (S 1796). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 211–14, Republicans 11–149, Others 4–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 25 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
- 208
- No
- 145
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 14, 1939
By party
- Democrats211 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 149 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted yes
- James Martin Barnes D-IL voted no
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL voted no
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- James Willis Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- 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
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward 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
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden 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
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- George William Johnson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- George Short Williams R-DE
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- 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
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-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
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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