House roll call 14 · 79th Congress · Mar 7, 1945
HR 2277. Insure adequate care for the armed forces. On passage.
On Mar 7, 1945, the House voted 347–42 (HR 2277). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 207–5, Republicans 139–38, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 members voted against their own party.
During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 347
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 7, 1945
By party
- Democrats207 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans139 yes · 38 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY voted no
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH voted no
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
- James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted no
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- 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
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays 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
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-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
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason 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
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-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
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver 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
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case 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
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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