HR 6578. Provide on a temporary basis during the present period of emergency for the prompt settlement of industrial disputes vitally affecting the national ec

On May 25, 1946, the House voted 306–13 (HR 6578). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 159–10, Republicans 150–4, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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: 306
No: 13
Did not vote: 16
Date: May 25, 1946

By party

Democrats159 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans150 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted no
Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA voted no
Charles Raymon Savage D-WA voted no
John Main Coffee D-WA voted no
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
John Kee D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
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
John Robert Murdock D-AZ
Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
George Elmer Outland D-CA
Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle 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
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
James Patrick Geelan D-CT
Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
James Hardin Peterson D-FL
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
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 Strickland Gibson D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
William A. Rowan D-IL
Martin Gorski D-IL
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
Alexander John Resa 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
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 Melvin Price D-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie R-IN
Forest Arthur Harness 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
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
Earle C. Clements D-KY
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
Andrew Jackson May D-KY
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
Overton Brooks 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
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
James Michael Curley D-MA
John William Mccormack D-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-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
Frank Fellows R-ME
Earl Cory Michener 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
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
John David Dingell D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
William James Gallagher D-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
William Clay Cole R-MO
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
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 Meyers Colmer D-MS
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
William Lemke R-ND
Carl Thomas Curtis 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
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
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Sol Bloom D-NY
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
Peter Anthony Quinn D-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
William Sterling Cole R-NY
George Frederick Rogers D-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
Robert Franklin Jones R-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
Walter B. Huber D-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
William Grady Stigler D-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Jed Joseph Johnson 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
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
William Thomas Granahan D-PA
Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
John William Murphy D-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Daniel Knabb Hoch D-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
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Chester Heilman Gross 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
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
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
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
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
Hatton William Sumners D-TX
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield 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
Ovie Clark Fisher 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
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
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
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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