To amend H. R. 8947, (p. A. 453), the treasury and post offices appropriation bill, 1939, by increasing by $1 million the appropriation for compensation to cler

On Jan 18, 1938, the House voted 266–97 (HR 4872). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 208–67, Republicans 48–32, Others 12–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 99 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: 266
No: 97
Did not vote: 21
Date: Jan 18, 1938

By party

Democrats208 yes · 67 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans48 yes · 32 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted no
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Edward Wester Creal 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
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted no
Bruce Barton R-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY voted no
Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Bert Lord R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA voted no
Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
John William Ditter R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Benjamin Jarrett R-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN voted no
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted no
Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN voted no

And 19 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. R. 8947, (p. A. 453), the…: House Vote, Jan 18, 1938,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/75-H-99/to-amend-h-r-8947-p-a-453-the (accessed 2026-10-17).