House roll call 212 · 79th Congress · Jul 24, 1946
HR 5924. Enable debtor railroad corporations, whose properties during a period of 7 years have provided sufficient earnings to pay fixed pre-charges, to effect
On Jul 24, 1946, the House voted 94–229 (HR 5924). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 60–110, Republicans 38–124, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 98 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
- 94
- No
- 229
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jul 24, 1946
By party
- Democrats60 yes · 110 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 124 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- George Elmer Outland D-CA voted yes
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted yes
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted yes
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA voted yes
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted yes
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted yes
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted yes
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin 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 yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted yes
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted yes
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY voted yes
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY voted yes
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted yes
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA voted yes
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
And 18 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- 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
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-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
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- 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
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Domengeaux 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
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd 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
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-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
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-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
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-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
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Lowell Stockman 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
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. 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
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-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
- 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
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- 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
- 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
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- 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.
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