HR 6407. On may amendment.

On Jun 6, 1946, the House voted 205–144 (HR 6407). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 59–128, Republicans 146–16, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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: 205
No: 144
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jun 6, 1946

By party

Democrats59 yes · 128 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans146 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT voted yes
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE voted yes
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted yes
Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL voted yes
Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted yes
Leo Frederick Rayfiel 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
Michael Aloysius Feighan 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
Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA voted yes
William Thomas Granahan 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
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted yes
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted yes
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
Ralph Hunter Daughton 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
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes
Andrew John Biemiller D-WI voted yes
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

How each representative voted: Yes

George William Andrews D-AL
Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
George Paul Miller D-CA
Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
John Stephens Wood D-GA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
Chauncey William Reed R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason 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
George Evan Howell R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Roy Clippinger R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie R-IN
Forest Arthur Harness 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
Frank Carlson R-KS
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
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
Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
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
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
Leo Frederick Rayfiel 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
John Martin Vorys 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 Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Robert Crosser D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Lowell Stockman R-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
William Thomas Granahan 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
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-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
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
Ed Lee Gossett 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
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
William Henry Stevenson 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
Merlin Hull O-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
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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