HR 2603. Motion to recede and concur in Senate amend. No. 59 (miscellaneous salaries).

On May 11, 1945, the House voted 169–104 (HR 2603). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 123–16, Republicans 45–87, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 169
No: 104
Did not vote: 14
Date: May 11, 1945

By party

Democrats123 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 87 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson 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
Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted yes
Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted yes
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted yes
Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY voted yes
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted yes
John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted yes
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted yes
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted yes
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted yes
Ross Rizley R-OK voted yes
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI voted yes
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
John Phillips R-CA
William Silas Hill R-CO
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
John Stephens Wood D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
John Williams Gwynne R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
Jessie Sumner R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
George Evan Howell R-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
George W. Gillie R-IN
Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Frank Carlson R-KS
John Marshall Robsion R-KY
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
George Hyde Fallon D-MD
Earl Cory Michener R-MI
William Wallace Blackney R-MI
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
George Anthony Dondero R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Harold Knutson R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
John Elliott Rankin D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
William Lemke R-ND
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Sherman Adams R-NH
John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
Jay Le Fevre R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Charles Henry Elston R-OH
William Emil Hess 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
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
John Crain Kunkel R-PA
David Emmert Brumbaugh R-PA
Louis Edward Graham R-PA
Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
Francis Higbee Case R-SD
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
William Henry Stevenson R-WI
Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski 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
Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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