Conference report on H.R. 2481, dept of agriculture appropriations bill, 1944: to recede and concur in a Senate amendment increasing appropriations for the agri

On Jun 22, 1943, the House voted 185–175 (HR 2481). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 184–15, Republicans 16–179, Others 4–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 31 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: 185
No: 175
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jun 22, 1943

By party

Democrats184 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 179 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Parks Newsome D-AL voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

John Parks Newsome D-AL
William Frank Norrell D-AR
Clarence Frederick Lea 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
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
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
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Leonard William Schuetz D-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
Robert Bruce Chiperfield 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
James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Stephen Albion Day R-IL
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
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
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
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter 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
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Harold Knutson R-MN
William Alvin Pittenger 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
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett 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
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Fred James Douglas 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
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. 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
Edmund Rowe R-OH
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Earl Ramage Lewis 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
James A. Gallagher 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
John William Ditter 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
Milton Horace West D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
Reid Fred Murray R-WI
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

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