House roll call 123 · 79th Congress · Mar 7, 1946
HR 4761. (sumner (ill.) to recommit.
On Mar 7, 1946, the House voted 76–305 (HR 4761). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–207, Republicans 77–108, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 88 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
- 76
- No
- 305
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 7, 1946
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 207 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans77 yes · 108 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted yes
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted yes
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- James Wolfenden R-PA voted yes
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted yes
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted yes
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted yes
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
And 8 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- John Phillips R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner 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
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- 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
- Richard Joseph Welch R-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
- Ned Romeyn Healy 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
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-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
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen 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
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner 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
- 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
- Overton Brooks 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-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
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe 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
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-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
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-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
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- 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
- Charles Lewis Gerlach 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
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-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
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- 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
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- 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
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- 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
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Did not vote
- 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
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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