House roll call 147 · 79th Congress · Apr 17, 1946
To amend HR 6042.
On Apr 17, 1946, the House voted 214–183 (HR 6042). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–158, Republicans 158–30, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 93 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
- 183
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 17, 1946
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 158 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans158 yes · 30 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
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell 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
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- Clare Boothe Luce 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
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL 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
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield 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 Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted no
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted no
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
- Paul Stewart D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
- John Jacob Riley D-SC voted yes
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
And 13 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
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott 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
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- 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
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. 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
- 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
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle 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
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews 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
- 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
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays 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
- John Harvey Tolan 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
- Chester Earl Holifield 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 Francis Ryter D-CT
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Stephen Pace 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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory 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
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield 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 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
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- 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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler 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
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- 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
- Albert Thomas 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
- 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
- Charles Raymon Savage D-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
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Kee 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
- 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.