House roll call 198 · 76th Congress · Aug 12, 1940
Conference report on S. 2009, a bill to amend the interstate commerce act, to instruct the house conferees to insist upon the wadsworth amendment, providing tha
On Aug 12, 1940, the House voted 112–212 (S 2009). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 87–97, Republicans 29–120, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 116 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
- 112
- No
- 212
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Aug 12, 1940
By party
- Democrats87 yes · 97 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 120 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR voted yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted yes
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA voted yes
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA voted yes
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted yes
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted yes
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted yes
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted yes
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- William Devereux Byron D-MD voted yes
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Wall Doxey D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE voted yes
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted yes
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted yes
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted yes
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted yes
- John Francis Harter R-NY voted yes
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY voted yes
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted yes
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted yes
And 36 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- George Short Williams R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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