To recommit H.R. 4425 to the committee on government organization, with instructions to report the bill back with an amendment providing that the reorganization

On Mar 8, 1939, the House voted 163–236 (HR 4425). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–243, Republicans 167–1, Others 1–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 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: 163
No: 236
Did not vote: 29
Date: Mar 8, 1939

By party

Democrats6 yes · 243 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans167 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted yes
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted yes
Milton Horace West D-TX 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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