To agree to conference report on H. J. RES. 679, (p. Res. 122), the emergency relief and public buildings bill.

On Jun 14, 1938, the House voted 297–74 (HJR 679). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 273–15, Republicans 18–66, Others 13–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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: 297
No: 74
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jun 14, 1938

By party

Democrats273 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 66 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
John Elliott Rankin 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
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Will Rogers D-OK voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no

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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