House roll call 85 · 80th Congress · Jan 22, 1948
HR 2873. Amend certain provisions of the reclamation act of 1939. Motion to recommit with instructions.
On Jan 22, 1948, the House voted 210–152 (HR 2873). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 171–48, Democrats 44–108, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 92 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
- 210
- No
- 152
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 22, 1948
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 108 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans171 yes · 48 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
- Wint Smith R-KS voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted no
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH voted no
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted yes
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
- William Adams Dawson R-UT voted no
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA voted yes
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA voted yes
And 12 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Edward Eugene Cox 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Abe McGregor Goff 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
- 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
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- 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
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- 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
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Edward James Devitt 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
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- 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
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney 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
- 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
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- 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
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich 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
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- 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
- 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
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- 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
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-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
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney 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
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-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
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- William Kingsland Macy R-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
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- E. Wallace Chadwick R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Mitchell Jenkins R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Did not vote
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-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
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-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
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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