House roll call 79 · 76th Congress · Jul 20, 1939
To order previous question on H. RES. 258, the rule for an investigation of national labor relations board.
On Jul 20, 1939, the House voted 258–131 (HRE 258). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 110–127, Republicans 155–8, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 118 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
- 258
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 20, 1939
By party
- Democrats110 yes · 127 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans155 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Joe Starnes D-AL voted yes
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- John Martin Costello D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted yes
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL voted yes
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted yes
- James Martin Barnes D-IL voted yes
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted yes
- John Cunningham Martin D-IL voted yes
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA voted yes
- John Keller Griffith D-LA voted yes
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted yes
- William Devereux Byron D-MD voted yes
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN voted yes
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Charles Arthur Anderson 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
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted yes
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted yes
And 38 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- David Dickson Terry 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
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- 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
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Willis Benjamin Gibbs 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
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason 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
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- John Cunningham Martin D-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
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen 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
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes 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
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- 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
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson 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
- Jacob Thorkelson R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- George Henry Heinke R-NE
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-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
- Walter Sooy Jeffries R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Wallace Edgar Pierce R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas 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
- Harry Nelson Routzohn R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- James Seccombe R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lycurgus Luther Marshall R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Fred Christian Gartner R-PA
- George Potter Darrow 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
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis 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
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- Harry Sandager R-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-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
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- 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
- 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
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Frank Ogilvie Horton R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Thomas Vernor Smith D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- 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
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Will Rogers D-OK
- 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 Harold Flannery D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Thomas Marion Eaton R-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
Did not vote
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Evans Burney D-CO
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Florence Reville Gibbs D-GA
- Robert Kingman Goodwin R-IA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hyde Sweet R-NE
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Clara Gooding Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Harry Wilbur Griswold R-WI
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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