House roll call 129 · 79th Congress · Mar 12, 1946
HR 5604. Reduce certain appropriations and contractual authorizations available for the fiscal year 1946. On cannon amend.
On Mar 12, 1946, the House voted 148–172 (HR 5604). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–198, Republicans 170–0, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 148
- No
- 172
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 12, 1946
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 198 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans170 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates 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
- 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
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel 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
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- 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
- 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
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- 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
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-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
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- 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
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-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
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
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-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
- 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
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- 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
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-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
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- 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
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand 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
- 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas 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
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry 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
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
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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