House roll call 34 · 79th Congress · May 9, 1945
H J RES 60. Joint resolution proposing an amend. To the constitution relating to the making of treaties.
On May 9, 1945, the House voted 288–88 (HJRE 60). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 197–3, Republicans 91–86, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 89 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
- 288
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 9, 1945
By party
- Democrats197 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans91 yes · 86 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Phillips R-CA voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted no
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted no
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
- George W. Gillie R-IN voted no
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted no
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS voted no
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted no
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI voted no
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted no
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY voted no
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted no
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
- James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble 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
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Ellis Ellwood Patterson D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill 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
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- 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
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- 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
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner 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
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-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
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- 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
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh 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
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch 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
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom 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
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- 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
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason 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
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Phillips R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- George Evan Howell 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
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber 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
- 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
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Jennings Randolph 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
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- 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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