House roll call 13 · 76th Congress · Feb 22, 1939
To amend H.R. 4278, naval aviation facilities bill, by removing from H.R. 4278 the provision that $5 million is to be spent toward the fortification of guam for
On Feb 22, 1939, the House voted 205–168 (HR 4278). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 65–166, Republicans 152–16, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 205
- No
- 168
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 22, 1939
By party
- Democrats65 yes · 166 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans152 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted no
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted yes
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted no
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA voted no
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA voted yes
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted yes
- Frank William Fries D-IL voted yes
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted yes
- John Grant Alexander R-MN voted no
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted no
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ voted no
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted yes
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted yes
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted yes
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted no
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted yes
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted yes
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted yes
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Knute Hill D-WA voted yes
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- George Short Williams R-DE
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- 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
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-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
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe 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
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans 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
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Voted present
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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