Conference report on H.R. 8202. To recede from disagreement to Senate amendment number 99, which allows $212 million for parity payments, and provides for paym

On May 9, 1940, the House voted 207–176 (HR 8202). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 192–43, Republicans 23–141, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 207
No: 176
Did not vote: 29
Date: May 9, 1940

By party

Democrats192 yes · 43 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 141 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted no
John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted no
James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA voted yes
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
John Mills Houston D-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
John Hyde Sweet R-NE voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Christopher Daniel Sullivan 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
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
Thomas Granville Burch D-VA voted no
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Andrew Edmiston D-WV voted no
John Kee D-WV voted no

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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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on H.R. 8202. To recede…: House Vote, May 9, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-148/conference-report-on-h-r-8202-to-recede-from (accessed 2026-10-17).