H RES 430. Resolution authorizing the judiciary committee to make an investigation of all the circumstances w/respect to the disposition of the charges of espi

On Apr 18, 1946, the House voted 227–111 (HRE 430). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 65–121, Republicans 174–1, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 227
No: 111
Did not vote: 17
Date: Apr 18, 1946

By party

Democrats65 yes · 121 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans174 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted yes
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted yes
Earle C. Clements D-KY voted yes
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
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
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted yes
Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted yes
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
John Lesinski D-MI voted yes
Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN voted yes
Roger Caldwell Slaughter 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
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted yes
Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted yes
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
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
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Jere Cooper D-TN voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted yes
James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA voted yes
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
Carter Manasco D-AL
William Frank Norrell D-AR
Clair Engle D-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
Hugh Peterson D-GA
Albert Sidney Camp 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
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
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
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
Charles Marion La Follette 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
Earle C. Clements D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
James Domengeaux D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
Asa Leonard Allen 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
George Joseph Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
Dudley George Roe 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
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 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
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Frank Thomas Starkey D-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
Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-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
Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Graham Arthur Barden 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 Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Frank Leander Sundstrom 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
Joseph Clark Baldwin 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
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
John Taber R-NY
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
John Cornelius Butler R-NY
Charles Henry Elston R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Robert Franklin Jones 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
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
Lyle H. Boren D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham 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
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-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
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
John Jacob Riley D-SC
Butler Black Hare D-SC
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
Milton Horace West D-TX
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Robert Kirkland Henry 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
Merlin Hull O-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

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “H RES 430. Resolution authorizing the…: House Vote, Apr 18, 1946,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/79-H-150/h-res-430-resolution-authorizing-the-judiciary-committee-to (accessed 2026-10-17).