House roll call 157 · 81st Congress · Mar 7, 1950
HR 2023. Regulate oleomargarine, to repeal certain taxes relating to oleomargarine. Adoption of conference report.
On Mar 7, 1950, the House voted 263–106 (HR 2023). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 195–27, Republicans 67–80, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 94 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
- 263
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 7, 1950
By party
- Democrats195 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans67 yes · 80 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Trimble D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted yes
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
- John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- John Richard Walsh D-IN voted no
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted yes
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
- George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- John Clay Davies D-NY voted no
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted no
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
- George Howard Wilson D-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted yes
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA voted yes
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted yes
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
And 14 more.
The bill
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
- 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel 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
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. 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
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-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
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell 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
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-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 Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-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
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- James Patton Sutton 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
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle 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
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- 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
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- 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
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Clare Magee D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers 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
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “HR 2023. Regulate oleomargarine, to repeal…: House Vote, Mar 7, 1950,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/81-H-157/hr-2023-regulate-oleomargarine-to-repeal-certain-taxes-relating (accessed 2026-10-17).