Conference report on H. R. 9621, (p. A. 497), interior department appropriations bill, 1939, to recede and concur to a Senate amendment, with an amendment, and

On Apr 26, 1938, the House voted 165–150 (HR 961). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 153–78, Republicans 7–68, Others 5–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 85 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: 165
No: 150
Did not vote: 24
Date: Apr 26, 1938

By party

Democrats153 yes · 78 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans7 yes · 68 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 4 no

Who broke with their party

David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT voted no
James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
William Michael Citron D-CT voted no
Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted no
Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted no
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL voted no
Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
Lewis Marshall Long D-IL voted no
Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
David John Lewis D-MD voted no
Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI voted no
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted no
Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY voted no
Byron Berry Harlan D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Arthur William Aleshire D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Oliver Walter Frey D-PA voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Allard Henry Gasque D-SC voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Norman Rond Hamilton D-VA voted no

And 5 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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