HR 5953. Authorize contributions to cooperative for american remittances to europe. On motion to strike out the enacting clause.

On Mar 1, 1950, the House voted 265–102 (HR 5953). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 137–82, Republicans 128–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 102 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: 265
No: 102
Did not vote: 13
Date: Mar 1, 1950

By party

Democrats137 yes · 82 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans128 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

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
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA voted no
John Henry Marsalis D-CO voted no
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted no
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
John Richard Walsh D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Clare Magee D-MO voted no
Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
Raymond Willard Karst D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Thomas Henry Burke D-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted no
Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA voted no
George Milton Rhodes D-PA voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no

And 22 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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