House roll call 152 · 78th Congress · Dec 7, 1944
To consider H.RES. 672, the rule for consideration of H.R. 5590, clerk-hire allowance.
On Dec 7, 1944, the House voted 208–90 (HRE 672). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 87–63, Democrats 118–26, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 89 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
- 208
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Dec 7, 1944
By party
- Democrats118 yes · 26 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Republicans87 yes · 63 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT voted no
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE voted no
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Paul Brown D-GA voted no
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL voted no
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
- William Price Elmer R-MO voted no
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
- John Taber R-NY 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
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted no
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
- Edmund Rowe R-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted no
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA voted no
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA voted no
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA voted no
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
- Harve Tibbott R-PA voted no
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA voted no
- William Irvin Troutman R-PA voted no
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
- Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
And 9 more.
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
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays 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
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Calvin Dean Johnson R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman 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 Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- 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
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock 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
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson 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
- 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
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- John Taber R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. 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
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Voted present
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- William Vann Rogers Jr. D-CA
- William Ward Johnson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Charles Frederick Pracht R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Thomas Edward Scanlon D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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