To agree to conference report on H.R. 4183, war department civil appropriations act.

On Jun 20, 1944, the House voted 208–134 (HR 4183). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–147, Democrats 177–0, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 208
No: 134
Did not vote: 39
Date: Jun 20, 1944

By party

Democrats177 yes · 0 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 147 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Thomas Rolph R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL voted yes
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL voted yes
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Chester Otto Carrier R-KY voted yes
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN voted yes
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
William Price Elmer R-MO voted yes
Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO voted yes
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
Joseph John O'Brien R-NY voted yes
William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

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 Phillips R-CA
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
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
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
Lyle H. Boren D-OK
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
John Edward Sheridan D-PA
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
Walter Keil Granger D-UT
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report on H.R. 4183…: House Vote, Jun 20, 1944,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/78-H-142/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-4183 (accessed 2026-10-17).