To strike out all of title xviii (H.R. 4456) of H.R. 6261, the omnibus claims bill, thereby denying the claim of WM. O'connell for $750 against the U.S. Gov't.

On Jan 29, 1940, the House voted 86–197 (HR 6261). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–148, Republicans 66–47, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 members voted against their own party.

During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 86
No: 197
Did not vote: 41
Date: Jan 29, 1940

By party

Democrats20 yes · 148 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans66 yes · 47 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted yes
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT voted no
Albert Elmer Austin R-CT voted no
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT voted no
George Short Williams R-DE voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
René Louis De Rouen D-LA voted yes
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Clyde Harold Smith R-ME voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Wall Doxey D-MS voted yes
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted yes
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
Joseph John O'Brien R-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted yes
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted yes
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Fred Christian Gartner R-PA voted no
James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA voted no
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Harve Tibbott R-PA voted no
John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA voted no
Charles Francis Risk R-RI voted no
Harry Sandager R-RI voted no
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted yes
Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT voted no
Stephen Bolles R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI voted no
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted no
George William Johnson D-WV voted yes

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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