HR 3871. On davis (wisc.) amend. (single central agency.)

On Jul 20, 1951, the House voted 164–251 (HR 3871). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–217, Republicans 159–37, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 164
No: 251
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 20, 1951

By party

Democrats7 yes · 217 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans159 yes · 37 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted yes
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Clement John Zablocki D-WI 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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