Conference report on H.R 2481, to recede and concur in Senate amendments which increase appropriations for the crop insurance program and delete the house provi

On Jun 23, 1943, the House voted 160–208 (HR 2481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 141–51, Republicans 22–164, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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: 160
No: 208
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jun 23, 1943

By party

Democrats141 yes · 51 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 164 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin 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
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
James Michael Curley D-MA voted no
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN voted yes
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Elmer H. Wene D-NJ voted no
Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV voted no
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Winder Russell Harris 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
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Frank Norrell D-AR
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
Thomas Rolph R-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-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
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
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
Ray John Madden D-IN
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
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
Charles Russell Clason R-MA
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
George Joseph Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
James Michael Curley D-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
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John Lesinski D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara 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
Charles Jasper Bell 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
William Madison Whittington D-MS
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Elmer H. Wene D-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
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Samuel Dickstein D-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Martin John Kennedy D-NY
Sol Bloom D-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
John Taber R-NY
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
Joseph Mruk R-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Matthew Joseph Merritt D-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
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
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 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
Hatton William Sumners D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
Milton Horace West D-TX
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Winder Russell Harris D-VA
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Fred Barthold Norman 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
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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