House roll call 126 · 78th Congress · Jun 3, 1944
To pass H.R. 4937, which makes appropriations for defense aid (lend-lease) for the participation of the U.S. In the work of the u.n. Relief and rehabilitation a
On Jun 3, 1944, the House voted 281–23 (HR 4937). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 138–23, Democrats 139–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 281
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jun 3, 1944
By party
- Democrats139 yes · 0 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Republicans138 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL voted no
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
- William Price Elmer R-MO voted no
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews 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
- 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
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner 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
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- 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
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray 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
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney 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
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson 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
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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