To amend H. J. RES. 679, (p. Res. 122), the emergency relief and public buildings bill, by appropriating $100 million for rural electrification loans.

On May 12, 1938, the House voted 260–139 (HJR 679). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 203–97, Republicans 44–42, Others 13–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 139 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: 260
No: 139
Did not vote: 23
Date: May 12, 1938

By party

Democrats203 yes · 97 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans44 yes · 42 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted no
Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted no
Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
Lewis Marshall Long D-IL voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA voted no
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
Joseph Edward Casey D-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
David John Lewis D-MD voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted no
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted no
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted no
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted no
Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer 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
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
John Joseph Boylan D-NY voted no
John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted no
Bruce Barton R-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no

And 59 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, “To amend H. J. RES. 679, (p. Res. 122), the…: House Vote, May 12, 1938,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-134/to-amend-h-j-res-679-p-res-122 (accessed 2026-10-17).