House roll call 78 · 79th Congress · Sep 27, 1945
HR 2948. Amend the civil service retirement act so as to exempt annuity payments under the act from taxation. On committee recommendation that the enacting CL
On Sep 27, 1945, the House voted 146–177 (HR 2948). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 69–110, Republicans 82–70, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 139 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
- 146
- No
- 177
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Sep 27, 1945
By party
- Democrats69 yes · 110 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans82 yes · 70 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO voted no
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Hugh Peterson D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- George Evan Howell 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
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
- Robert Hale R-ME voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
- John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted yes
- William Olin Burgin D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
- Sherman Adams R-NH voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
And 59 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman 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
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements 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
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Lyle H. Boren 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
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett 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
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-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
- 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
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- James Patrick Geelan D-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 C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks 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
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- William James Gallagher D-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-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
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harold Henderson Earthman D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Andrew John Biemiller D-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
Voted present
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien 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
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Frank Thomas Starkey D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- John Edward Sheridan D-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- 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
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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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