House roll call 30 · 79th Congress · Apr 25, 1945
HR 2689. Keefe motion that the house recede and concur in Senate amend. No. 26.
On Apr 25, 1945, the House voted 168–143 (HR 2689). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 110–56, Republicans 56–87, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 112 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
- 168
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 25, 1945
By party
- Democrats110 yes · 56 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans56 yes · 87 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- 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
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
- 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
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
- Paul Brown 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
- William A. Rowan D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted no
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME 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
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted no
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC voted no
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Sherman Adams R-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted no
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
- John James Rooney D-NY voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- James H. Torrens D-NY voted no
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY voted no
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY voted no
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted yes
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
- Edward Oscar Mccowen 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
And 32 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays 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
- 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
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- 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
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- 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
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien 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
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin 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
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Oscar Mccowen 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
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- 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
- 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
- John Jennings Jr. R-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
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith 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
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown 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
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell 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
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser 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
- Clarence J. Brown 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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings 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
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck 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
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-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
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. 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
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
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