House roll call 137 · 79th Congress · Apr 4, 1946
HR 5939. Increase the rates of compensation of officers and employees of the fed. Gov't. On randolph amendment.
On Apr 4, 1946, the House voted 199–166 (HR 5939). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 74–136, Republicans 133–36, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 110 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
- 199
- No
- 166
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 4, 1946
By party
- Democrats74 yes · 136 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans133 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant 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
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- 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 Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted yes
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
- Orville Zimmerman 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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted no
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH voted yes
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted yes
- Paul Stewart D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
And 30 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- 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 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
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson 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
- 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
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney 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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- 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
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-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
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble 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
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown 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
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman 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
- 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
- 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
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton 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
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- 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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski 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
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin 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
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-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
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- 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
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason 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
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-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
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
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
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- 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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