House roll call 147 · 78th Congress · Sep 18, 1944
Conference report on S. 2051, war mobilization and reconversion act of 1944, to insist on disagreement with a Senate amendment which grants to every civilian em
On Sep 18, 1944, the House voted 239–91 (S 2051). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 100–81, Republicans 154–22, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 103 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
- 239
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Sep 18, 1944
By party
- Democrats100 yes · 81 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans154 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted no
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ voted no
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Thomas Rolph R-CA voted no
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted no
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
- George Elmer Outland D-CA voted no
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted no
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted no
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted no
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted no
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
- William A. Rowan D-IL voted no
- Martin Gorski D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL voted no
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- James Michael Curley D-MA voted no
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
- Daniel Ellison R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell D-MI voted no
- John Lesinski D-MI voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ voted no
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY voted no
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY voted no
- James Herbert Fay D-NY voted no
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
- James H. Torrens D-NY voted no
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mruk R-NY voted no
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY voted no
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted no
- Edmund Rowe R-OH voted no
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted no
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted no
And 23 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- John Martin Costello D-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
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon 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
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen 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
- 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
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin 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
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale 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
- 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
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger 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
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck 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
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews 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
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- 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
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck 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
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Brent Spence D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- John James Rooney 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
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Homer Daniel Angell 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
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on S. 2051, war…: House Vote, Sep 18, 1944,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/78-H-147/conference-report-on-s-2051-war-mobilization-and-reconversion (accessed 2026-10-17).