HR 6777. Appropriations for gov't corporations and independent executive agencies. On motion to instruct the managers on the part of the house not to agree to

On Jul 2, 1946, the House voted 161–148 (HR 6777). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 154–25, Democrats 32–146, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: 161
No: 148
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jul 2, 1946

By party

Democrats32 yes · 146 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans154 yes · 25 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted yes
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE voted yes
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted yes
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL voted yes
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
George W. Gillie R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
Overton Brooks 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
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
Schuyler Otis Bland 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
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI voted no
William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted no
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes
Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
Alfred James Elliott D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-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
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
James Hardin Peterson D-FL
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
Karl Miles Le Compte 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
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Robert Allen Grant 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
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
James Domengeaux D-LA
Overton Brooks 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
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
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
James Glenn Beall R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Frank Fellows R-ME
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
William Wallace Blackney R-MI
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Harold Knutson R-MN
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
Max Schwabe R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
John Hosea Kerr D-NC
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
Zebulon Weaver D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Karl Stefan R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
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
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
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
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
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
James Wolfenden R-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
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
John Jennings Jr. R-TN
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
Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
Reid Fred Murray R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Jennings Randolph D-WV
Hubert Summers Ellis R-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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Capitol Receipts, “HR 6777. Appropriations for gov't…: House Vote, Jul 2, 1946,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/79-H-190/hr-6777-appropriations-for-govt-corporations-and-independent-executive (accessed 2026-10-17).