HR 6407. Authorize the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors. On motion to recommit conference report w/instruc

On Jul 9, 1946, the House voted 159–123 (HR 6407). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 135–15, Democrats 24–107, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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: 159
No: 123
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jul 9, 1946

By party

Democrats24 yes · 107 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans135 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted yes
James Patrick Geelan D-CT voted yes
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL voted yes
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted yes
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted yes
Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
William Richard Thom D-OH voted yes
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK 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
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Julian Vaughan Gary 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
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
James Patrick Geelan D-CT
Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
John Williams Gwynne 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
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
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
George Evan Howell R-IL
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
Roy Clippinger R-IL
Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
Robert Allen Grant R-IN
George W. Gillie R-IN
Forest Arthur Harness 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
Emmet O'Neal D-KY
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
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
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
Frank Fellows R-ME
Earl Cory Michener 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
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
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
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Karl Stefan 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
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
Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole R-NY
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. 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
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
Thomas Albert Jenkins 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
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
Ross Rizley R-OK
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
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
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
Albert Thomas D-TX
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
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
Reid Fred Murray R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
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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