HR 3791. Furnish emergency food relief assistance to india. Passage.

On May 24, 1951, the House voted 293–94 (HR 3791). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 178–42, Republicans 126–64, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 106 members voted against their own party.

During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 293
No: 94
Did not vote: 16
Date: May 24, 1951

By party

Democrats178 yes · 42 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans126 yes · 64 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
John Travers Wood R-ID voted no
Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson 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
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
Frank Fellows R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford 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
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no

And 26 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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