To pass H. RES. 259, a resolution providing that the funds for an investigation by the select committee to investigate real estate bondholders' reorganizations

On Aug 9, 1937, the House voted 201–94 (HRE 259). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 202–40, Republicans 9–73, Others 10–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 201
No: 94
Did not vote: 112
Date: Aug 9, 1937

By party

Democrats202 yes · 40 no · 99 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 73 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Edward White Patterson D-KS voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. 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
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
Will Rogers D-OK voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Gabriel Heyward Mahon Jr. D-SC voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted no
Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX voted no
Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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