House roll call 132 · 76th Congress · Apr 18, 1940
To pass H.R. 6324, bill to provide for the more expeditious settlement of disputes with the United States (the walter-logan bill). The bill establishes that TH
On Apr 18, 1940, the House voted 282–96 (HR 6324). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 132–100, Republicans 156–2, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 102 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
- 282
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 18, 1940
By party
- Democrats132 yes · 100 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans156 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted no
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted no
- John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted no
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
- John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted no
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
- Frank William Fries D-IL voted no
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted no
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted no
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted no
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA voted no
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted no
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski D-MI voted no
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted no
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO voted no
- Joseph Bernard Shannon 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
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted no
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY voted no
- James Herbert Fay D-NY voted no
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted no
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK voted no
- Will Rogers D-OK voted no
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA voted no
And 22 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant 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
- 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
- Charles Kramer D-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
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell 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
- René Louis De Rouen 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster 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
- 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
- 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
- Dow Watters Harter D-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
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer 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
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan 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
- 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
- Milton Horace West 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
- 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis 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
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- John Conover Nichols 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
- 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
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer 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
- 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
Voted present
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green 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
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff 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
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- 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
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- 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
- 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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