House roll call 183 · 79th Congress · Jun 27, 1946
HR 5990. Appropriations for the gov't of d.c. And other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of d.c.. Flood motion to recede and con
On Jun 27, 1946, the House voted 112–209 (HR 5990). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–133, Democrats 84–77, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 106 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
- 112
- No
- 209
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 27, 1946
By party
- Democrats84 yes · 77 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 133 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT voted no
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Alexander John Resa D-IL voted no
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- William James Gallagher D-MN voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
And 26 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-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
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill 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
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
- 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
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson 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
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow 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
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-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
- 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
- Alvin F. Weichel R-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
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh 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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas 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
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Milton Horace West 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Kee 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
- John Buell Snyder 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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