HR 4908. Provide for the appointment of fact-finding boards to investigate labor disputes seriously affecting the national public interest. Motion that the ho

On Feb 4, 1946, the House voted 361–6 (HR 4908). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 192–6, Republicans 168–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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: 361
No: 6
Did not vote: 18
Date: Feb 4, 1946

By party

Democrats192 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans168 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT voted no
Alexander John Resa D-IL voted no
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Charles Raymon Savage D-WA voted no
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted no

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
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
Carter Manasco D-AL
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
Luther Patrick D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
William Frank Norrell 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
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
John Harvey Tolan D-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
George Elmer Outland D-CA
Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
John Phillips R-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
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
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
Compton Ignatius White D-ID
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
William A. Rowan D-IL
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
Martin Gorski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
William Walter Link D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
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 Melvin Price D-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie 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
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Frank Carlson R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
Earle C. Clements D-KY
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
James Domengeaux D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. 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
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
John William Mccormack D-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
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Frank Fellows R-ME
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
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
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John Lesinski D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
William James Gallagher D-MN
Frank Thomas Starkey D-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
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
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Orville Zimmerman D-MO
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
John Joseph Cochran D-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
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
John Hosea Kerr D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
John Hamlin Folger D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
William Olin Burgin D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Samuel James Ervin Jr. 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
Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
James A. Roe D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
James H. Torrens D-NY
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
Peter Anthony Quinn D-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
William Thomas Byrne D-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole R-NY
George Frederick Rogers D-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
Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
John Martin Vorys R-OH
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
Walter B. Huber D-OH
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
William Richard Thom D-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
Lyle H. Boren D-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Lowell Stockman R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
William Thomas Granahan D-PA
James Wolfenden R-PA
John Roland Kinzer R-PA
John William Murphy D-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Harve Tibbott R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
John Edward Fogarty D-RI
John Jacob Riley D-SC
Butler Black Hare D-SC
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
Hatton William Sumners D-TX
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
Milton Horace West D-TX
Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
Sam Morris Russell D-TX
Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Walter Keil Granger D-UT
James William Robinson D-UT
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
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
Andrew John Biemiller 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
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
John Kee D-WV
Erland Harold Hedrick D-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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