HR 3880. Adoption of conference report.

On Aug 15, 1951, the House voted 292–80 (HR 3880). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 174–27, Republicans 117–53, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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: 292
No: 80
Did not vote: 16
Date: Aug 15, 1951

By party

Democrats174 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans117 yes · 53 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham 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
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA 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
Charles Edward Potter 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
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Frank Ellis Smith 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
Graham Arthur Barden 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
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 3880: Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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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