House roll call 47 · 77th Congress · Jun 30, 1941
To amend H.R. 4228, a bill amending the judicial code to permit wire-tapping, by requiring that any person wishing to use the powers granted under H.R. 4228 mus
On Jun 30, 1941, the House voted 123–169 (HR 4228). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–132, Republicans 90–36, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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
- 123
- No
- 169
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 30, 1941
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 132 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans90 yes · 36 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA voted yes
- William Ward Johnson R-CA voted no
- John Joseph Smith D-CT voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL voted yes
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted yes
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Hopkinson Eliot D-MA voted yes
- John Ambrose Meyer D-MD voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
- Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted yes
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
- William Richard Thom D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted yes
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted no
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted yes
- James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA voted yes
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA voted no
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted yes
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted yes
- James Assion Wright D-PA voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Knute Hill D-WA voted yes
- John Main Coffee D-WA voted yes
- George William Johnson D-WV voted yes
- John Joseph Mcintyre D-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- George Arthur Paddock R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-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
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Thomas Hopkinson Eliot D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- John Ambrose Meyer D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- 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
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Philip Allen Bennett R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Oren Sturman Copeland R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- William Townsend Pheiffer R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- George William Johnson D-WV
- John Joseph Mcintyre D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant 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
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown 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
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Katharine Edgar Byron D-MD
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley 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
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Jacob Erastus Davis D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan 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
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Lucien John Maciora D-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan 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
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-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
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Greg John Holbrock D-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis Raphael Smith D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Walter Will Bankhead D-AL
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Harry Elsworth Narey R-IA
- Vance Gabriel Plauché D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Kenneth Farrand Simpson R-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- 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
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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