To agree to conference report on H.R. 960, extension of classified executive civil service of the U.S.

On Nov 19, 1940, the House voted 206–139 (HR 960). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 166–33, Republicans 40–109, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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: 206
No: 139
Did not vote: 29
Date: Nov 19, 1940

By party

Democrats166 yes · 33 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans40 yes · 109 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Charles Kramer D-CA voted no
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Jessie Sumner R-IL voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
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
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted yes
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
John Grant Alexander R-MN voted yes
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ voted yes
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ voted yes
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY voted no
Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY voted no
James Herbert Fay D-NY voted no
Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH voted yes
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
John Conover Nichols D-OK voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA voted yes
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
Harry Sandager R-RI voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI voted yes
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted yes
Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI voted yes
Andrew Edmiston D-WV voted no

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, “To agree to conference report on H.R. 960…: House Vote, Nov 19, 1940,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/76-H-224/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-960 (accessed 2026-10-17).