House roll call 167 · 79th Congress · Jun 5, 1946
To dispense with further proceedings.
On Jun 5, 1946, the House voted 286–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 170–5, Republicans 115–13, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 286
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 5, 1946
By party
- Democrats170 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans115 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted no
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX 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
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- 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
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-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
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- 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
- 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
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- 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
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- 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
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien 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
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- 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
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-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
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-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
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich 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
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
- 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry 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
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Merlin Hull O-WI
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Did not vote
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- 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
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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