To amend H. J. RES. 363, (r. Res. 63), a resolution authorizing funds for the continuance of the sesquicentennial constitutional celebration, by increasing appr

On Jul 6, 1937, the House voted 149–142 (HJR 363). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 144–84, Republicans 5–51, Others 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 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: 149
No: 142
Did not vote: 156
Date: Jul 6, 1937

By party

Democrats144 yes · 84 no · 113 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 51 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted no
William Ben Cravens D-AR voted no
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Charles J. Colden D-CA voted no
Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT voted no
Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted no
Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted no
Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
René Louis De Rouen D-LA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Joseph Andrew Dixon D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Potter Hill D-OK voted no
Nan Wood Honeyman D-OR voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Don Gingery D-PA voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no

And 9 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. J. RES. 363, (r. Res. 63), a…: House Vote, Jul 6, 1937,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-61/to-amend-h-j-res-363-r-res-63 (accessed 2026-10-17).