House roll call 108 · 81st Congress · Oct 3, 1949
HR 3734. Appropriations for civil functions administered by the dept. Of army. Conference report. Motion to instruct conferees regarding the proposed funds f
On Oct 3, 1949, the House voted 101–155 (HR 3734). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 98–58, Republicans 5–99. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 members voted against their own party.
During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 101
- No
- 155
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Oct 3, 1949
By party
- Democrats98 yes · 58 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 99 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL voted no
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted no
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- James William Trimble D-AR voted no
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO voted no
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted no
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
- Paul Brown D-GA voted no
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
- John Esten Miles D-NM voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
- Toby Morris D-OK voted no
- James Francis Lind D-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- James Butler Hare D-SC voted no
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
- James Patton Sutton D-TN voted no
- Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX voted no
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted no
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-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
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden 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
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- John Elliott Rankin 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
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Clair Engle D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham 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
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
Did not vote
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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