HR 3775. Provide for an additional district judge for the third division of the district court for the district of alaska.

On Aug 24, 1950, the House voted 196–147 (HR 3775). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–24, Republicans 5–157, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 29 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: 196
No: 147
Did not vote: 15
Date: Aug 24, 1950

By party

Democrats223 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 157 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
James Butler Hare D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes

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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