HR 4761. Amend the national housing act by adding a new title relating to the prevention of speculation and excessive profits in the sale of housing, and insur

On May 13, 1946, the House voted 298–71 (HR 4761). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 195–4, Republicans 101–67, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 members voted against their own party.

During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 298
No: 71
Did not vote: 17
Date: May 13, 1946

By party

Democrats195 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans101 yes · 67 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
John Phillips 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
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
Roy Clippinger R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Frank Fellows R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Bartel John Jonkman 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
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins 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
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV voted no
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
Luther Patrick D-AL
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
John Harvey Tolan D-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
Compton Ignatius White D-ID
William Levi Dawson D-IL
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
James Michael Curley D-MA
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
John David Dingell D-MI
John Joseph Cochran D-MO
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
John Hamlin Folger D-NC
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
Zebulon Weaver D-NC
William Lemke R-ND
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
James A. Roe D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Paul Stewart D-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
James Wolfenden R-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Butler Black Hare D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
Hatton William Sumners D-TX
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
Sam Morris Russell D-TX
Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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