House roll call 106 · 79th Congress · Jan 29, 1946
HR 4437. Provide for the return of public employment offices to state operation a ND to amend the act of Congress approved june 6 1933. On co mmittee amendmen
On Jan 29, 1946, the House voted 254–125 (HR 4437). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 87–129, Republicans 174–3, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 90 members voted against their own party.
During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 254
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 29, 1946
By party
- Democrats87 yes · 129 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans174 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted yes
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted no
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Paul Stewart D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
- Jere Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Clifford Davis D-TN voted yes
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted yes
And 10 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
- Albert McKinley Rains 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
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers 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
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown 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
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen 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
- 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
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger 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
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-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
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon 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
- 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
- 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
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short 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
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson 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
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler 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
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton 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
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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