House roll call 149 · 78th Congress · Sep 18, 1944
Conference report on H.R. 5125, surplus property disposal act of 1944.
On Sep 18, 1944, the House voted 150–169 (HR 5125). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–148, Republicans 138–33, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 169
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Sep 18, 1944
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 148 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans138 yes · 33 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Parks Newsome D-AL voted yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted no
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
- Daniel Ellison R-MD voted no
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
- Paul Stewart D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA voted no
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
- John William Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA voted no
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA voted no
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
- Harve Tibbott R-PA voted no
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted yes
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted no
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA voted no
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted yes
- Nat Patton D-TX voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX voted yes
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- 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
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen 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
- Forest Arthur Harness 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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- 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
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- 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
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- 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 Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish 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
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole 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
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- James Herbert Fay 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
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-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
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest 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
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland 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
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- 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
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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