House roll call 131 · 76th Congress · Apr 18, 1940
To recommit H.R. 6324, a bill to provide for more expeditious settlement of disputes with the U.S., to the committee on judiciary.
On Apr 18, 1940, the House voted 106–271 (HR 6324). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 110–120, Republicans 2–157, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 112 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
- 106
- No
- 271
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 18, 1940
By party
- Democrats110 yes · 120 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 157 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted yes
- Charles Kramer D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted yes
- John Martin Costello D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted yes
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted yes
- John Joseph Smith D-CT voted yes
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted yes
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted yes
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted yes
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Frank William Fries D-IL voted yes
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted yes
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted yes
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted yes
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted yes
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski D-MI voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted yes
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
- Clyde Williams D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted yes
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted yes
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted yes
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted yes
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- James Herbert Fay D-NY voted yes
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted yes
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted yes
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted yes
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted yes
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted yes
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted yes
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted yes
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted yes
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
And 32 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen 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
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein 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
- Walter Aloysius Lynch 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
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry 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
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis 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
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- 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
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-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
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman 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
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-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
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries 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
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers 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
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall 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
- 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
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Fred Christian Gartner 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
Voted present
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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