House roll call 22 · 78th Congress · Apr 8, 1943
To amend H.R. 2409 legislative and judiciary depts. Appropriation bill, by appropriating $100,000 for preliminary work in connection with the preparation of a n
On Apr 8, 1943, the House voted 177–184 (HR 2409). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–125, Democrats 114–58, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 118 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
- 177
- No
- 184
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Apr 8, 1943
By party
- Democrats114 yes · 58 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans60 yes · 125 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Thomas Rolph R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
- Fred James Douglas R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted yes
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
And 38 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- 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
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary 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
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord 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
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson 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
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist 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
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell 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
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- Earl Cory Michener 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
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith 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
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
Did not vote
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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