Conference report on H.R. 4414, legislative and judiciary appropriations, that the house recede and concur in a Senate amendment, with an amendment increasing t

On Jun 16, 1944, the House voted 159–183 (HR 4414). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–150, Democrats 130–39, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 159
No: 183
Did not vote: 43
Date: Jun 16, 1944

By party

Democrats130 yes · 39 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans37 yes · 150 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Carter Manasco D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Thomas Rolph 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
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted yes
John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT voted yes
C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT voted yes
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT voted yes
Earle Dukes Willey R-DE voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
David Jenkins Ward D-MD voted no
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
Joseph Mruk R-NY voted yes
Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY voted yes
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
William Grady Stigler D-OK voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted yes
Thomas Byron Miller R-PA voted yes
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted yes
Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted yes
William Irvin Troutman R-PA voted yes
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
Nat Patton D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted no
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no
LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI voted no
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV voted yes
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

George William Andrews D-AL
Carter Manasco D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
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
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Jessie Sumner 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
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie R-IN
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
Gerald Wayne Landis 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
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
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
David Jenkins Ward D-MD
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
Daniel Ellison R-MD
James Glenn Beall R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Earl Cory Michener R-MI
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
Roy Orchard Woodruff 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
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
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
William Madison Whittington D-MS
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
John Hamlin Folger D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
William Olin Burgin D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Karl Stefan R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
Fred James Douglas R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall 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
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
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
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
William Grady Stigler D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
James Wheaton Mott R-OR
Lowell Stockman R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
James Wolfenden R-PA
Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
Harve Tibbott R-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
Butler Black Hare D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
Nat Patton D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-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
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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