House roll call 129 · 80th Congress · May 25, 1948
HR 6227. Provide for home rule and reorganization in d.c. Motion to strike out the enacting clause.
On May 25, 1948, the House voted 163–183 (HR 6227). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–142, Democrats 104–50, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 120 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
- 163
- No
- 183
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 25, 1948
By party
- Democrats104 yes · 50 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 142 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ voted no
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID voted yes
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted yes
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted yes
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- William Grant Stratton R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted yes
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski D-MI voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
And 40 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church 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
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert 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
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-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
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand 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
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson 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
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Ellsworth Bishop Foote R-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-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
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Edward James Devitt R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- 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
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- 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
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Robert Neill Mcgarvey 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
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Mitchell Jenkins R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- William Lewis R-KY
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Did not vote
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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