House roll call 228 · 79th Congress · Aug 1, 1946
H RES 749. On motion to dispense with further proceedings under the call.
On Aug 1, 1946, the House voted 217–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 112–7, Republicans 104–6, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 217
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 1, 1946
By party
- Democrats112 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT voted no
- William Walter Link D-IL voted no
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted no
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA voted no
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- 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
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell 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
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan 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
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes 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
How each representative voted: No
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carter Manasco 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
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Roy Clippinger 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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal 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
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- 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
- 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
- Henry Jepson Latham 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
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole 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
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh 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
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- 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.
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