House roll call 114 · 80th Congress · Apr 26, 1948
HR 2245. Repeal the tax on oleomargarine. Motion to discharge the committee on agriculture from further consideration of the bill.
On Apr 26, 1948, the House voted 235–121 (HR 2245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–117, Democrats 140–9, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 107 members voted against their own party.
During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 235
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 26, 1948
By party
- Democrats140 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 117 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA voted yes
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Ellsworth Bishop Foote R-CT voted yes
- John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted yes
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted yes
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI voted yes
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI voted yes
- Edward James Devitt R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted yes
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Gregory Mcmahon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY voted yes
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- David Matthew Potts R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
And 27 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Ellsworth Bishop Foote R-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Edward James Devitt R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten 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
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Gregory Mcmahon R-NY
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Robert Neill Mcgarvey R-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Franklin John Maloney R-PA
- George William Sarbacher Jr. R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- E. Wallace Chadwick R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-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 Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray 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 Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott 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
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen 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
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- Mitchell Jenkins R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Did not vote
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- William Lewis R-KY
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Other votes
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