House roll call 98 · 79th Congress · Dec 14, 1945
S 380. Establish a national policy and program for assuring continuing full employment and full production in a free competitive economy through the concerted
On Dec 14, 1945, the House voted 136–242 (S 380). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–204, Republicans 127–44, Others 0–2. 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
- 136
- No
- 242
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 14, 1945
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 204 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans127 yes · 44 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted no
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN voted no
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted yes
- James Domengeaux D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
- Dudley George Roe D-MD voted yes
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS voted yes
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
- William Lemke R-ND voted no
- Sherman Adams R-NH voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted no
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY voted no
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted no
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
- Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
- James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Milton Horace West D-TX voted yes
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- 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
- John Strickland Gibson D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham 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
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Jessie Sumner R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Thomas Daniel Winter R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Dudley George Roe D-MD
- Harry Streett Baldwin D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- 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
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short 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
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edgar Allan Sharp R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Joseph Clark Baldwin R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole 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
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth 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
- 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
- Robert Lewis Rodgers R-PA
- Howard Edmond Campbell R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Robert Kirkland Henry R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell 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
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- George Elmer Outland D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis 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
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- 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
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Hugh Peterson 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
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Emily Taft Douglas D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Charles Marion La Follette R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope 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
- 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
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski 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
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-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
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Sherman Adams R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- James H. Torrens D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Peter Anthony Quinn D-NY
- Augustus Witschief Bennet R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- George Frederick Rogers D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Edward Joseph Gardner D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Paul Stewart D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- 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 William Murphy D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Sam Morris Russell D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon 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
- Emerson Hugh Delacy D-WA
- Charles Raymon Savage D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray 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
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Ned Romeyn Healy D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Arthur Patrick (Pat) Cannon D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Charles Edgar Mckenzie D-LA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- James A. Roe D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
Did not vote
- Helen Douglas Mankin D-GA
- James Vandaveer Heidinger R-IL
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Eliza Jane Pratt D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- James Wheaton Mott 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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