To pass S. 2240, a bill to provide a national census for housing conditions to be taken along with the regular 1940 census.

On Aug 4, 1939, the House voted 192–145 (S 2240). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 201–10, Republicans 5–149, Others 2–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 15 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: 192
No: 145
Did not vote: 34
Date: Aug 4, 1939

By party

Democrats201 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 149 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted yes
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Charles Francis Risk R-RI voted yes
Harry Sandager R-RI voted yes
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Andrew Edmiston 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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