House roll call 219 · 79th Congress · Jul 29, 1946
To adjourn.
On Jul 29, 1946, the House voted 68–172. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–91, Republicans 40–79, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 68 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
- 68
- No
- 172
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 29, 1946
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 91 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 79 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted yes
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted yes
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted yes
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted yes
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted yes
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted yes
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted yes
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
- John William Byrnes R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott 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
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly 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
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter 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
- 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
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe 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
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver 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
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- John William Murphy D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.