House roll call 37 · 79th Congress · May 11, 1945
HR 2603. Motion to recede from disagreement to Senate amend. No. 20 1/2 (conference of allied ministers of education in london).
On May 11, 1945, the House voted 182–119 (HR 2603). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 156–0, Republicans 26–118, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 182
- No
- 119
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 11, 1945
By party
- Democrats156 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 118 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI voted yes
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble 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
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-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
- 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
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce 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
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory 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
- 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-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
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan 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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys 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
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett 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
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-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
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess 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
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-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
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan 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
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- 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
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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