Conference report on S. 685, water-pollution control bill, to instruct house conferees to discontinue their insistence upon retention of certain house amendment

On Jul 9, 1940, the House voted 155–198 (S 685). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 122–80, Republicans 38–119, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 118 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: 155
No: 198
Did not vote: 31
Date: Jul 9, 1940

By party

Democrats122 yes · 80 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans38 yes · 119 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no

Who broke with their party

Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted yes
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT voted yes
Albert Elmer Austin R-CT voted yes
John Joseph Smith D-CT voted no
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT voted yes
George Short Williams R-DE voted yes
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
Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
James Martin Barnes D-IL voted no
Frank William Fries D-IL voted no
Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted yes
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted no
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted no
William Devereux Byron D-MD voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH 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
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted yes
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted no
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no

And 38 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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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on S. 685, water-pollution…: House Vote, Jul 9, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-191/conference-report-on-s-685-water-pollution-control-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).