House roll call 204 · 79th Congress · Jul 13, 1946
S J RES 138. On passage.
On Jul 13, 1946, the House voted 218–156 (SJRE 138). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 164–39, Republicans 62–125, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 101 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
- 218
- No
- 156
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 13, 1946
By party
- Democrats164 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans62 yes · 125 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE voted no
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted no
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Sherman Adams R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted no
- James A. Roe D-NY voted no
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard 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 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
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison 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
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott 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
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss 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
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch 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
- William Thomas Byrne D-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
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth 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
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter 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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- John Stephens Wood 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
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
- 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
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- 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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel 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
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen 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
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- 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
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-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
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- 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
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-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
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
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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