HR 2960. Amend the REA to provide for rural telephones. Passage.

On Jul 13, 1949, the House voted 282–109 (HR 2960). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 210–27, Republicans 73–84, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 100 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: 282
No: 109
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jul 13, 1949

By party

Democrats210 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans73 yes · 84 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
John Phillips R-CA voted yes
William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted yes
Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL voted no
James Vincent Buckley D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted yes
Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted yes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Isidore Dollinger D-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH voted no
Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted no
William Thomas Granahan D-PA voted no
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted yes
Harry James Davenport D-PA voted no

And 20 more.

The bill

H.R. 2960: To amend the Rural Electrification tion Act to provide for rural telephones, and for other purposes

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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