To strike out title VII (S. 1093) of H.R. 7338.

On Mar 19, 1940, the House voted 226–79 (HR 7338). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–63, Republicans 111–13, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 226
No: 79
Did not vote: 119
Date: Mar 19, 1940

By party

Democrats115 yes · 63 no · 77 didn’t vote
Republicans111 yes · 13 no · 41 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
Luther Patrick D-AL voted no
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted no
Lee Edward Geyer D-CA voted no
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted no
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
Clyde Harold Smith R-ME voted no
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted no
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
Joseph John O'Brien R-NY voted no
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
John Buell Snyder D-PA voted no
Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA voted no
Charles Francis Risk R-RI voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
James William Robinson D-UT voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
Martin Fernard Smith D-WA voted no
Knute Hill D-WA voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no

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 strike out title VII (S. 1093) of H.R…: House Vote, Mar 19, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-121/to-strike-out-title-vii-s-1093-of-h (accessed 2026-10-17).