To pass H. RES. 286- rule for consideration of H.R. 1720, H.R. 1720 provides RFC with authority to issue bonds.

On Aug 1, 1939, the House voted 167–193 (HRE 286). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 177–48, Republicans 3–161, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 167
No: 193
Did not vote: 30
Date: Aug 1, 1939

By party

Democrats177 yes · 48 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 161 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN voted no
William Wirt Courtney D-TN voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA voted no
Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA voted no
Thomas Granville Burch D-VA voted no
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Andrew Edmiston D-WV voted no
George William Johnson D-WV voted no
Joseph Luther Smith 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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