House roll call 220 · 76th Congress · Oct 7, 1940
To agree to conference report on H.R. 960, a bill extending the classified civil service.
On Oct 7, 1940, the House voted 132–181 (HR 960). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 130–67, Republicans 21–134, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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
- 132
- No
- 181
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Oct 7, 1940
By party
- Democrats130 yes · 67 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 134 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted no
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA voted no
- John Keller Griffith D-LA voted no
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski D-MI voted no
- John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
- David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA voted no
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN voted no
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
- Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
- Clifford Davis D-TN voted no
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
And 8 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- John Grant Alexander R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT
- Albert Elmer Austin R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- George Short Williams R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- 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
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Francis Harter R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- 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
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
Voted present
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- John Burrwood Daly 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
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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