Conference report on H.R. 6736, war department civil functions appropriation bill, to recede and concur with a Senate amendment increasing by approximately $24

On Mar 27, 1942, the House voted 117–202 (HR 6736). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 110–77, Republicans 3–126, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 members voted against their own party.

During the 77th Congress (1941–1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 117
No: 202
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 27, 1942

By party

Democrats110 yes · 77 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 126 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT voted no
Lucien John Maciora D-CT voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted no
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
James Martin Barnes D-IL voted no
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
John Ambrose Meyer D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE voted no
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
Greg John Holbrock D-OH voted no
Jacob Erastus Davis D-OH voted no
John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH voted no
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX voted no
Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA voted no
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Andrew Edmiston D-WV voted no
George William Johnson D-WV voted no
John Kee D-WV voted no
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted no
John Joseph Mcintyre D-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
Thomas Rolph R-CA
Albert Edward Carter R-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Lucien John Maciora D-CT
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
John Strickland Gibson D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
George Arthur Paddock 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
James Martin Barnes D-IL
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
James Vandaveer Heidinger 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
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Frank Carlson R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Charles Russell Clason R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
George Joseph Bates R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
David Jenkins Ward D-MD
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
John Ambrose Meyer D-MD
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Frank Fellows R-ME
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
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
Harold Knutson R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
William Lester Nelson D-MO
Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
Clyde Williams D-MO
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
John Joseph Cochran D-MO
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
Jeannette Rankin R-MT
James Francis O'Connor D-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
John Hamlin Folger D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
William Olin Burgin D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
Oren Sturman Copeland R-NE
Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
Karl Stefan R-NE
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
David Lane Powers R-NJ
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
William Townsend Pheiffer R-NY
Sol Bloom D-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
Frank Crowther 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
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Charles Henry Elston R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Greg John Holbrock D-OH
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Jacob Erastus Davis D-OH
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
John Feeney Hunter D-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
Dow Watters Harter D-OH
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
Robert Crosser D-OH
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
Lyle H. Boren D-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
John Roland Kinzer R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Guy Louis Moser D-PA
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
John William Ditter R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Harry Luther Haines D-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
Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
Milton Horace West D-TX
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
Sam Morris Russell D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
William Henry Stevenson R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
Reid Fred Murray R-WI
Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Andrew Edmiston D-WV
George William Johnson D-WV
John Kee D-WV
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
John Joseph Mcintyre D-WY

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on H.R. 6736, war…: House Vote, Mar 27, 1942,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/77-H-106/conference-report-on-h-r-6736-war-department-civil (accessed 2026-10-17).