House roll call 155 · 78th Congress · Dec 14, 1944
Conference report on H.R. 3429, a bill to provide that the interior department may hire retired former employees as consultants, but these men will not lose the
On Dec 14, 1944, the House voted 110–173 (HR 3429). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–128, Democrats 88–42, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 110
- No
- 173
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Dec 14, 1944
By party
- Democrats88 yes · 42 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 128 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted no
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- Paul Stewart D-OK voted no
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted no
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted no
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurice Joseph Sullivan D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Robert Grant Furlong D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- James Assion Wright D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson 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
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Howard Johnstone Mcmurray D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Rolph R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
- Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
- Stephen Pace 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
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- 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
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Stephen Albion Day R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Chester Otto Carrier R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen 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
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Daniel Ellison R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener 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
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen O-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-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
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton 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
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney 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
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Winifred Claire Stanley R-NY
- William Emil Hess 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
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- 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
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Thomas Byron Miller 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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman 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
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Price Elmer R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Louis Joseph Capozzoli D-NY
- Thomas Francis Burchill D-NY
- James Herbert Fay D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Parks Newsome D-AL
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-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
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Charles Schuveldt Dewey R-IL
- William Howard Wheat R-IL
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- David Jenkins Ward D-MD
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Joseph Mruk R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Harry Palmer Jeffrey R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Edmund Rowe R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- Joseph Marmaduke Pratt R-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley 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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Willa Lybrand Fulmer D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Jim Nance Mccord D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Winder Russell Harris D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI
- Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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