House roll call 116 · 78th Congress · Apr 17, 1944
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4115 which gives honorably discharged veterans, their widows and the wives of disabled veterans, who themselves are not quali
On Apr 17, 1944, the House voted 312–1 (HR 4115). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 165–0, Democrats 145–1, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 312
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Apr 17, 1944
By party
- Democrats145 yes · 1 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Republicans165 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- 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
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman 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
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall 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
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners 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
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Voted present
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
Other votes
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