House roll call 85 · 79th Congress · Oct 18, 1945
HR 3615. Passage.
On Oct 18, 1945, the House voted 279–82 (HR 3615). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 177–25, Republicans 102–59, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 84 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
- 279
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Oct 18, 1945
By party
- Democrats177 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans102 yes · 59 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT voted no
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted no
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
- Jessie Sumner R-IL voted no
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted no
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted no
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted no
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
- Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY voted no
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD 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
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ voted no
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted no
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
- Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
- James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted no
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted no
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco 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
- 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
- Alfred James Elliott D-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
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp 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
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William A. Rowan D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- William Walter Link D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Alexander John Resa D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements 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
- 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
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-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
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-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
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- 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
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Roger Caldwell Slaughter D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- William Olin Burgin D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell 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
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- John William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Daniel Knabb Hoch D-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
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton 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
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-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
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- William Henry Stevenson 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Joseph Edward Talbot R-CT
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Joseph Wilson Ervin D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett 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
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Dean Milton Gillespie R-CO
- Clare Boothe Luce R-CT
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Samuel Arthur Weiss D-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Hunter Daughton D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey 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.