House roll call 29 · 79th Congress · Apr 25, 1945
HR 2689. Appropriations for the dept. Of agriculture. Colmer motion that the house recede and concur in Senate amend. No. 24.
On Apr 25, 1945, the House voted 233–94 (HR 2689). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 163–15, Republicans 68–79, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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
- 233
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 25, 1945
By party
- Democrats163 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 79 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Sherman Adams R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted no
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA voted yes
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA voted yes
- Harve Tibbott R-PA voted yes
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI voted yes
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI voted yes
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted yes
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman 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
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-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
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-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
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- 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
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel 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
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman 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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter 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
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-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
- 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
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews 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
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Carl Henry Hoffman R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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