House roll call 75 · 79th Congress · Sep 24, 1945
HR 2716. Provide for health programs for gov't employees. On passage.
On Sep 24, 1945, the House voted 181–72 (HR 2716). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 131–4, Republicans 49–68, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 181
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 24, 1945
By party
- Democrats131 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans49 yes · 68 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted yes
- Harve Tibbott R-PA voted yes
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted yes
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
- Robert Kirkland Henry 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
- 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
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- 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
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck 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
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees 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
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington 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
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas 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
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- 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
- 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
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen 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
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- 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
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers 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
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter 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
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-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
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole 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
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble 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
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- 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
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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