House roll call 66 · 79th Congress · Jun 28, 1945
HR 3238. Readjust the rates of postage on catalogs and similar printed advertising. On passage.
On Jun 28, 1945, the House voted 187–148 (HR 3238). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 161–24, Republicans 28–126, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 187
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 28, 1945
By party
- Democrats161 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 126 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
- Luther Patrick D-AL voted no
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ voted no
- George Elmer Outland D-CA voted no
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Martin Gorski D-IL voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted no
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- 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
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted no
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK voted no
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA voted no
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Clifford Davis D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Alfred James Elliott 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
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-CT
- Joseph Francis Ryter D-CT
- Philip Andrew Traynor D-DE
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- 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
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark 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
- William Lemke R-ND
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- James H. Torrens 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
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper 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
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland 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
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- 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
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis 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
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates 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
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber 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
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel 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
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-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
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- 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
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-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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