House roll call 103 · 78th Congress · Feb 15, 1944
To pass H.R. 2801, a bill to provide an additional secretary of the interior.
On Feb 15, 1944, the House voted 186–159 (HR 2801). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–135, Democrats 148–34, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 members voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 186
- No
- 159
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 15, 1944
By party
- Democrats148 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 135 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- John Martin Costello D-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted yes
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted yes
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE voted yes
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted no
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY voted no
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Ellison R-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mruk R-NY voted yes
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted no
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted no
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA voted no
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT voted yes
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA voted yes
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- 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
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer 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
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest 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
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer 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
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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