House roll call 153 · 80th Congress · Jun 18, 1948
HR 6771. Appropriations for military functions administered by the national military establishment with amendments. Motion to recommit.
On Jun 18, 1948, the House voted 125–283 (HR 6771). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 93–142, Democrats 30–141, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 123 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
- 125
- No
- 283
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 18, 1948
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 141 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans93 yes · 142 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted yes
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted yes
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne 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
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted yes
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Roy Clippinger R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- William Grant Stratton R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted yes
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted yes
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted yes
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted yes
And 43 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL
- 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
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins 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
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Robert Neill Mcgarvey R-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Franklin John Maloney R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-PA
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays 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
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- 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
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- William Lewis 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
- 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
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener 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
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Edward James Devitt R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- 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
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton 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
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Gregory Mcmahon R-NY
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn 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
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor 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
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- George William Sarbacher 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
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-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
- James Edward Van Zandt 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
- John Ralph Mcdowell 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
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-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
- 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
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. 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
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
Did not vote
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL
- 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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