Conference report on H. R. 9181, (p. A. 458), d. C. Appropriations, 1939, to recede and concur in a Senate amendment which gave approval for experimental instal

On Mar 29, 1938, the House voted 214–119 (HR 9181). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 174–78, Republicans 35–36, Others 5–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 113 members voted against their own party.

During the 75th Congress (1937–1938), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 214
No: 119
Did not vote: 30
Date: Mar 29, 1938

By party

Democrats174 yes · 78 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 36 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted no
William Michael Citron D-CT voted no
William Franklin Allen D-DE voted no
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
James Indus Farley D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Edward Wester Creal D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
Clyde Harold Smith R-ME voted yes
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
John Frederick Luecke D-MI voted no
Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted yes
William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Bruce Barton R-NY voted yes
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY voted yes
Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY voted yes
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
Bert Lord R-NY voted yes
George Bradshaw Kelly D-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
Byron Berry Harlan D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no

And 33 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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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on H. R. 9181, (p. A…: House Vote, Mar 29, 1938,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-118/conference-report-on-h-r-9181-p-a-458 (accessed 2026-10-17).