To recommit H.R. 5129, a bill authorizing construction of additional defense facilities in the panama canal zone, to the committee on merchant marine and fisher

On Aug 1, 1939, the House voted 144–166 (HR 5129). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–158, Republicans 127–7, Others 3–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 21 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: 144
No: 166
Did not vote: 38
Date: Aug 1, 1939

By party

Democrats14 yes · 158 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans127 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Joe Starnes D-AL voted yes
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted yes
Thomas Raymond Ball R-CT voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted no
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted yes
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT voted no
Knute Hill D-WA voted yes
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI 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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