H J RES 398. Joint resolution to cotton and peanut acreage allotments and marketing quotas under the agricultural adjustment act of 1938. On motion to recommi

On Mar 16, 1950, the House voted 116–225 (HJRE 398). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 39–170, Republicans 86–63, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 116
No: 225
Did not vote: 13
Date: Mar 16, 1950

By party

Democrats39 yes · 170 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans86 yes · 63 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
John Francis Shelley D-CA voted yes
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted no
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted yes
Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL voted yes
James Vincent Buckley D-IL voted yes
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted yes
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted yes
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted yes
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Raymond Willard Karst D-MO voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick 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
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted yes
Louis Gary Clemente D-NY voted yes
Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY voted yes
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted yes
Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY voted yes
Chester Charles Gorski D-NY voted yes
Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH voted yes
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes

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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