House roll call 174 · 79th Congress · Jun 11, 1946
HR 4908. Provide for the appointment of fact-finding boards to investigate labor disputes seriously affecting the national public interest. On passage, the ob
On Jun 11, 1946, the House voted 255–135 (HR 4908). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 99–122, Republicans 165–16, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 115 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
- 255
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jun 11, 1946
By party
- Democrats99 yes · 122 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans165 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted no
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted yes
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
- 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 Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted yes
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted no
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted yes
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted yes
And 35 more.
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
- 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
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-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
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- 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
- 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
- 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 Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-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
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May 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
- 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
- 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
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale 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
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger 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 Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- 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
- 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
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck 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
- Clarence Eugene Hancock 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
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger 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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- 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
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-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
- Carl Henry Hoffman 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
- 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
- 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- 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
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- 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
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski 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
- 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
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