House roll call 217 · 79th Congress · Jul 29, 1946
Motion to dispense with further proceedings under the call.
On Jul 29, 1946, the House voted 231–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 108–16, Republicans 122–0, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 231
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 29, 1946
By party
- Democrats108 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans122 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
- Alexander John Resa D-IL voted no
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY voted no
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH voted no
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA voted no
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted no
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- 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
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth 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
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Paul Brown 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen 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
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon 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
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson 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
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle 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
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- 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
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-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
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-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 Jacob Riley D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- 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
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-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
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe 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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-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
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett 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
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners 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
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- John Kee 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.
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