HR 3871. On cole (kansas) amend. (fair profit--livestock)

On Jul 20, 1951, the House voted 166–250 (HR 3871). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–188, Republicans 132–65, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 103 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: 166
No: 250
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 20, 1951

By party

Democrats38 yes · 188 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans132 yes · 65 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted yes
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean 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
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted no
William Edward Miller R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes

And 23 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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