House roll call 80 · 77th Congress · Dec 15, 1941
To amend H.R. 6109, a bill amending the neutrality act of 1940, by limiting to persons born within the U.S. Or its possessions the requirements of H.R. 6109 tha
On Dec 15, 1941, the House voted 51–298 (HR 6109). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–170, Republicans 11–124, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 51 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
- 51
- No
- 298
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Dec 15, 1941
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 170 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 124 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Joe Starnes D-AL voted yes
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted yes
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- John Conover Nichols D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted yes
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA voted yes
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted yes
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted yes
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX voted yes
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted yes
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Clyde Taylor Ellis D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Leland Merritt Ford R-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Le Roy Donnelly Downs D-CT
- Lucien John Maciora D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski 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
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- James Martin Barnes D-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-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
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. 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
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- John William Mccormack 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott 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
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-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
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Philip Allen Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver 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
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Albert Lincoln Vreeland R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer 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
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kennedy D-NY
- William Townsend Pheiffer R-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
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn 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
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Jacob Erastus Davis D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis Raphael Smith D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-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
- 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- James Percy Priest O-TN
- William Wirt Courtney 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
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry 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
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Joshua Leroy Johns R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-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
Voted present
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Anton Frank Maciejewski D-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Thomas Hopkinson Eliot D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Katharine Edgar Byron D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Greg John Holbrock D-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Lewis Dominic Thill R-WI
- George William Johnson D-WV
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
- 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
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Veronica Grace Boland D-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford 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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