Conference report on H.R. 8202, to recede from disagreement to Senate amendment no. 105 appropriating $500,000 for the promotion of conservation in the arid reg

On May 15, 1940, the House voted 171–172 (HR 8202). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 147–53, Republicans 24–123, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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: 171
No: 172
Did not vote: 35
Date: May 15, 1940

By party

Democrats147 yes · 53 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 123 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted yes
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT voted yes
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
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
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry 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
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY voted yes

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 15, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-155/conference-report-on-h-r-8202-to-recede-from (accessed 2026-10-17).