House roll call 13 · 77th Congress · Mar 11, 1941
To order the previous question on an amendment to H.R. 120 and the resolution, which authorizes a 9-member committee to investigate matters relating to the nati
On Mar 11, 1941, the House voted 112–252 (HRE 120). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–167, Republicans 55–84, Others 3–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 111 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
- 112
- No
- 252
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 11, 1941
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 167 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans55 yes · 84 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- David Dickson Terry D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- William Ward Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- George Arthur Paddock R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- James Martin Barnes D-IL voted yes
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Philip Allen Bennett R-MO voted yes
- John Joseph Cochran 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
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- Oren Sturman Copeland R-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- William Townsend Pheiffer R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
- Frank Crowther R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted yes
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
And 31 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- George Arthur Paddock R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck 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
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Clare Eugene Hoffman 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
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Philip Allen Bennett R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Oren Sturman Copeland R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- William Townsend Pheiffer R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Lucien John Maciora D-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders Jr. D-LA
- Vance Gabriel Plauché D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Thomas Hopkinson Eliot D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- John Ambrose Meyer D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Alonzo Dillard 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
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-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
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-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
- Clarence J. Brown 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
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis Raphael Smith D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- James Percy Priest O-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- 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
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
Did not vote
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Walter Will Bankhead D-AL
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Harry Elsworth Narey R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Katharine Edgar Byron D-MD
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Kenneth Farrand Simpson R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Veronica Grace Boland D-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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