To order the previous question on H. RES. 289, rule for consideration of H.R. 5435, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938. H. RES. 289 requires

On Apr 25, 1940, the House voted 185–189 (HRE 289). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 151–79, Republicans 36–116, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 115 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: 185
No: 189
Did not vote: 30
Date: Apr 25, 1940

By party

Democrats151 yes · 79 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans36 yes · 116 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted no
David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark 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 yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH voted yes
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ voted yes
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted yes
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ voted yes
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted no
Bruce Barton R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Fred Christian Gartner R-PA voted yes
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no

And 35 more.

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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