House roll call 127 · 78th Congress · Jun 6, 1944
To recommit without instructions, H.RES. 283, a bill extending the time period for 1 year, in which war crimes may be prosecuted.
On Jun 6, 1944, the House voted 149–190 (HJR 283). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–204, Democrats 172–7, Others 1–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 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
- 149
- No
- 190
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jun 6, 1944
By party
- Democrats172 yes · 7 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 204 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
- Clair Engle D-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- Daniel Ellison R-MD voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco 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
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- John Harvey Tolan D-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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-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
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden 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
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- 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
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley 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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- James Percy Priest 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
- 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
- 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-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
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church 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
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day 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
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- 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
- John Bonifas Bennett R-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
- Walter Henry Judd 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
- William Clay Cole 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- 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
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-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
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Fred James Douglas 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley 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
- 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
- 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
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- 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
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- 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
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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