House roll call 146 · 79th Congress · Apr 17, 1946
To amend HR 6042.
On Apr 17, 1946, the House voted 214–182 (HR 6042). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 79–141, Republicans 142–46, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 125 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
- 214
- No
- 182
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 17, 1946
By party
- Democrats79 yes · 141 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans142 yes · 46 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 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
- 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
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted no
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted no
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE 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
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- 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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand 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
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ voted no
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY voted no
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
And 45 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews 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
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-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
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood 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
- 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
- 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
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin 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
- 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
- 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
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton 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 Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre 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
- Daniel Alden Reed 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
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton 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
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman 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
- Richard Murray Simpson 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon 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
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith 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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- 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
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- George Elmer Outland 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
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- 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
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-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
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison 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
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield 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
- 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 Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-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
- 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
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- 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
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
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
- William Olin Burgin 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.