House roll call 171 · 79th Congress · Jun 6, 1946
HR 6407. Authorize the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors. On kefauver amend.
On Jun 6, 1946, the House voted 164–184 (HR 6407). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–147, Republicans 122–37, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 164
- No
- 184
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 6, 1946
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 147 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans122 yes · 37 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted no
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT voted yes
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted no
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted no
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted yes
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted yes
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
- William Richard Thom D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted yes
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA voted yes
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA voted yes
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA voted yes
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT voted no
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted yes
- John Kee D-WV voted yes
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV voted yes
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason 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
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie 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
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates 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
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- 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
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin 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
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen 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
- 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
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-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
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-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
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-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
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- 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
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements 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
- Felix Edward Hébert 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
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- 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
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren 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
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-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
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton 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
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-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
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John William Byrnes R-WI
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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