House roll call 98 · 75th Congress · Jan 10, 1938
To discharge the comm. On rules from further consideration of H. RES. 165, a rule to make H. J. RES. 199, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the u. S
On Jan 10, 1938, the House voted 188–209 (HR 4782). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 115–194, Republicans 66–21, Others 13–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 136 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
- 188
- No
- 209
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 10, 1938
By party
- Democrats115 yes · 194 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans66 yes · 21 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Ben Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA voted yes
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted yes
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA voted yes
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT voted yes
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted yes
- Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT voted yes
- William Michael Citron D-CT voted yes
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted yes
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted yes
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA voted yes
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted yes
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted yes
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
- Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL voted yes
- Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL voted yes
- Frank William Fries D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted yes
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted yes
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted yes
- Edward White Patterson D-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA voted yes
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Robert Luce R-MA voted no
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
- John Frederick Luecke D-MI voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted yes
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted yes
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted no
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT voted yes
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted yes
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted yes
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE voted yes
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ voted yes
- Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted yes
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY voted yes
And 56 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner O-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT
- William Michael Citron D-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward White Patterson D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Frederick Luecke D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Henry George Teigan O-MN
- Dewey William Johnson O-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- John Toussaint Bernard O-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ
- Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Bradshaw Kelly D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Dixon D-OH
- Herbert Seely Bigelow D-OH
- Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Arthur William Aleshire D-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH
- Harold Gerard Mosier D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Gomer Griffith Smith D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Michael Joseph Stack D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- James Hilary Gildea D-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Charles Richard Eckert D-PA
- Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Peter Joseph De Muth D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thomas Ryum Amlie O-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow O-WI
- Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Gerald John Boileau O-WI
- George John Schneider O-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Charles J. Colden D-CA
- Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- William Franklin Allen D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL
- James Andrew Meeks D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Edwin Van Meter Champion D-IL
- Lewis Marshall Long D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- James Indus Farley D-IN
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Byron Berry Harlan D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Nan Wood Honeyman D-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D-PA
- Ira Walton Drew D-PA
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Guy Jacob Swope D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Don Gingery D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Charles Noel Crosby D-PA
- James Leland Quinn D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Matthew O'Connell D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- John Clarence Taylor D-SC
- Gabriel Heyward Mahon Jr. D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN
- Richard Merrill Atkinson D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Fontaine Maury Maverick D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Norman Rond Hamilton D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Paul Ranous Greever D-WY
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- John Patrick Higgins D-MA
- Alphonse Roy D-NH
- Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY
- Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH
- Robert Potter Hill D-OK
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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