Conference report on H.R. 1648, treasury and post office appropriations, to reced and concur with Senate amendment no. 1, which strikes the prohibition against

On May 6, 1943, the House voted 159–194. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–165, Democrats 143–31, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 194
Did not vote: 56
Date: May 6, 1943

By party

Democrats143 yes · 31 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 165 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted yes
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
James Domengeaux D-LA voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted no
Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Fred Barthold Norman R-WA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
Thomas Rolph R-CA
Albert Edward Carter R-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
William Ward Johnson R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
John Dacher Mcwilliams R-CT
C. H. Ranulf Compton R-CT
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R-CT
Earle Dukes Willey R-DE
James Hardin Peterson D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Carl Vinson 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
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
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
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Jessie Sumner R-IL
William Howard Wheat 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
Stephen Albion Day 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
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
James Domengeaux D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
Charles Russell Clason R-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
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
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
Daniel Ellison R-MD
James Glenn Beall R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Margaret Chase Smith 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
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
Richard Pillsbury Gale R-MN
Melvin Joseph Maas 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
Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Louis Ebenezer Miller R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
William Madison Whittington D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Foster Waterman Stearns R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
David Lane Powers R-NJ
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
Donald Holman Mclean 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
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Fred James Douglas R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
John Taber R-NY
Joseph John O'Brien R-NY
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
Walter Gresham Andrews 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
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
Ross Rizley R-OK
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
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
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Harve Tibbott R-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
William Irvin Troutman R-PA
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
Albert Thomas D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
William Henry Stevenson R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
Reid Fred Murray R-WI
Andrew Charles Schiffler R-WV
Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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