To pass H.J.RES. 283, a bill extending for 1 year, the time in which war crimes may be prosecuted.

On Jun 6, 1944, the House voted 305–35 (HJR 283). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 179–1, Democrats 123–33, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 members 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: 305
No: 35
Did not vote: 51
Date: Jun 6, 1944

By party

Democrats123 yes · 33 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans179 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Daniel Ellison R-MD voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger 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
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
James H. Torrens D-NY voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted no
John William Murphy D-PA voted no
John Buell Snyder D-PA voted no
Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
James Assion Wright D-PA voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Carter Manasco D-AL
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
Oren Harris D-AR
John Robert Murdock D-AZ
Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
Clair Engle D-CA
Thomas Rolph R-CA
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
Albert Edward Carter R-CA
John Harvey Tolan D-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
George Elmer Outland D-CA
Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
William Jennings Miller R-CT
John Dacher Mcwilliams 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
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
Carl Vinson D-GA
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
Martin Gorski D-IL
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon 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
Jessie Sumner R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
George Evan Howell R-IL
Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Stephen Albion Day R-IL
Ray John Madden D-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
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
George Joseph Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-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
David Jenkins Ward D-MD
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
James Glenn Beall R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Frank Fellows R-ME
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
Earl Cory Michener R-MI
Paul Werntz Shafer 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
Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Harold Knutson R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
Max Schwabe R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
William Price Elmer R-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Orville Zimmerman D-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
John Elliott Rankin D-MS
William Madison Whittington D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
John Hosea Kerr D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Zebulon Weaver D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Karl Stefan R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
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
Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
James Herbert Fay D-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Sol Bloom D-NY
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
William Thomas Byrne D-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall 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
Joseph Mruk R-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
Charles Henry Elston R-OH
Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
Cliff Clevenger 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
Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Robert Crosser D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
James Wheaton Mott R-OR
Lowell Stockman R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
James Wolfenden R-PA
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
John Roland Kinzer R-PA
Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Harve Tibbott R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
William Irvin Troutman R-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
William Wirt Courtney D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
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
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
Winder Russell Harris D-VA
Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. 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
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
John Main Coffee D-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Harry Sauthoff O-WI
William Henry Stevenson R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski 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
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
John Kee D-WV
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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