House roll call 209 · 79th Congress · Jul 22, 1946
S 223. Provide for the establishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in d.c.. On passage.
On Jul 22, 1946, the House voted 162–106 (S 223). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–70, Democrats 93–36, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 104 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
- 162
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 22, 1946
By party
- Democrats93 yes · 36 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 70 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon 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
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham 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 Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
And 24 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock 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
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Paul Brown D-GA
- 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
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-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
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff 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
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber 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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-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
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver 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
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-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
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler 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
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- 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
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- 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
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal 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
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- 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
- 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
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Lowell Stockman 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
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey 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 William Murphy D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “S 223. Provide for the establishment of a…: House Vote, Jul 22, 1946,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/79-H-209/s-223-provide-for-the-establishment-of-a-modern (accessed 2026-10-17).