To pass H.R. 6149, a bill making appropriations for dept. Of the navy for fiscal 1940.

On May 8, 1939, the House voted 297–58 (HR 6149). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 207–2, Republicans 89–54, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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: 297
No: 58
Did not vote: 35
Date: May 8, 1939

By party

Democrats207 yes · 2 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans89 yes · 54 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
George Henry Heinke R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted no
Charles Hawks Jr. R-WI voted no
Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI voted no
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI voted no
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-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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