To pass S. 3998, a bill to increase the credit resources of the commodity credit corporation.

On Aug 1, 1940, the House voted 247–106 (S 3998). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 217–0, Republicans 37–117, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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: 247
No: 106
Did not vote: 57
Date: Aug 1, 1940

By party

Democrats217 yes · 0 no · 45 didn’t vote
Republicans37 yes · 117 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted yes
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted yes
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
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
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
Jacob Thorkelson R-MT 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
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Stephen Bolles R-WI voted yes
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted yes
Reid Fred Murray R-WI 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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