House roll call 141 · 78th Congress · Jun 20, 1944
Conference report on H.R. 4443, to recede and concur in a Senate amendment which strikes out a prohibition of partisan political activity on the part of agricul
On Jun 20, 1944, the House voted 123–219 (HR 4443). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–187, Democrats 136–44, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 123
- No
- 219
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 20, 1944
By party
- Democrats136 yes · 44 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 187 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- John Parks Newsome D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted no
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted no
- James Assion Wright D-PA voted no
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX voted no
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted no
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA voted no
- Patrick Henry Drewry 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
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers 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
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter 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
- 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
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-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
- 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
- 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
- Gerald Wayne Landis 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
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- 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
- John Bonifas Bennett 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
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-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
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews 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
- 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
- Alvin F. Weichel 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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson 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
- 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
- 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
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- 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
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-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
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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