House roll call 70 · 77th Congress · Nov 13, 1941
To concur in Senate amendment to H.J. RES. 237, a resolution amending the neutrality act of 1939. The Senate amendment to H.J. RES. 237 authorizes the entry of
On Nov 13, 1941, the House voted 212–194 (HJR 237). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 194–57, Republicans 22–139, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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
- 212
- No
- 194
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Nov 13, 1941
By party
- Democrats194 yes · 57 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 139 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted no
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA voted yes
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT voted no
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted no
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI voted no
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted no
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted yes
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted yes
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted no
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted yes
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted no
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- Fred James Douglas R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted no
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH voted no
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted no
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA voted no
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted no
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA voted no
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA voted no
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX voted no
- Charles Lacy South D-TX voted no
- James William Robinson D-UT voted no
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT voted yes
- Knute Hill D-WA voted no
- John Main Coffee D-WA voted no
- George William Johnson D-WV voted no
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
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens 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
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT
- Lucien John Maciora D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck 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
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-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
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- 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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- 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
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Thomas Hopkinson Eliot D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- John Ambrose Meyer D-MD
- Katharine Edgar Byron D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- 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
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- Greg John Holbrock D-OH
- Jacob Erastus Davis D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Francis Raphael Smith D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson 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
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- John Joseph Mcintyre D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam 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
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- William Grant Stratton 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
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-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
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- 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
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale 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
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Philip Allen Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Oren Sturman Copeland R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- William Townsend Pheiffer R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones 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
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. 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
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Joseph A. Mcardle D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- George William Johnson D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Walter Will Bankhead D-AL
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Lee Edward Geyer D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Harry Elsworth Narey R-IA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- William Devereux Byron D-MD
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Alonzo Dillard Folger D-NC
- Morris Michael Edelstein D-NY
- Kenneth Farrand Simpson R-NY
- Pius Louis Schwert D-NY
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Veronica Grace Boland D-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Stephen Bolles R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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