To recommit H.R. 5435, bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938, to the committee on labor.

On May 3, 1940, the House voted 205–175 (HR 5435). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 128–106, Republicans 80–76, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 182 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: 175
Did not vote: 33
Date: May 3, 1940

By party

Democrats128 yes · 106 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans80 yes · 76 no · 12 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
William Fadjo Cravens 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
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted no
Albert Elmer Austin R-CT voted no
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted no
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
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
Robert C. Word Ramspeck 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
William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA voted no
Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Edward Wester Creal D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
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
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted no

And 102 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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