Conference report on H.R. 4204, depts of state, justice and commerce appropriations, that the house concur in a Senate amendment providing for a census of agric

On Jun 16, 1944, the House voted 150–185 (HR 4204). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–174, Democrats 150–9, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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: 150
No: 185
Did not vote: 39
Date: Jun 16, 1944

By party

Democrats150 yes · 9 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans1 yes · 174 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Thomas Rolph R-CA
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
John Martin Costello D-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw 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
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Fred Ernst Busbey R-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
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
James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Stephen Albion Day R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie R-IN
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Frank Carlson R-KS
Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Charles Russell Clason R-MA
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
George Joseph Bates R-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
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
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-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
Max Schwabe R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
William Price Elmer R-MO
Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
John Joseph Cochran D-MO
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Karl Stefan R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-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
Joseph Mruk R-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
Charles Henry Elston R-OH
William Emil Hess 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
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
Edmund Rowe R-OH
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
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
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Harve Tibbott R-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
William Irvin Troutman R-PA
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
Hatton William Sumners D-TX
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-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
Merlin Hull O-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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