To amend H.R. 2397, state, justice and commerce depts. Appropriation bill, by providing that no part of the appropriations of H.R. 2397 be used to further or PR

On Apr 7, 1943, the House voted 177–147 (HR 2397). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 168–1, Democrats 10–149, Others 3–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 11 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: 177
No: 147
Did not vote: 61
Date: Apr 7, 1943

By party

Democrats10 yes · 149 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans168 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted yes
James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
Daniel Ellison R-MD voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted yes
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes
LaVern Ralph Dilweg D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
Thomas Rolph R-CA
Albert Edward Carter R-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
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
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
Compton Ignatius White D-ID
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
Ralph Edwin Church R-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
Sidney Elmer Simpson 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
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Frank Carlson R-KS
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
Charles Russell Clason R-MA
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers 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
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
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
Walter Henry Judd 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
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
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
James Francis O'Connor D-MT
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
William Lemke R-ND
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
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
David Lane Powers 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
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Hamilton Fish R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Joseph John O'Brien 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
Lyle H. Boren D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
Lowell Stockman R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
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
John William Ditter R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt 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
Walter Keil Granger D-UT
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
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
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
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2397, state, justice and…: House Vote, Apr 7, 1943,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/78-H-21/to-amend-h-r-2397-state-justice-and-commerce (accessed 2026-10-17).