HR 6055. Appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending july 30, 1948. On motion to recommit with instructions.

On Apr 1, 1948, the House voted 199–154 (HR 6055). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–161, Democrats 155–3, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 members voted against their own party.

During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 199
No: 154
Did not vote: 18
Date: Apr 1, 1948

By party

Democrats155 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 161 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted yes
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
George Edward Mackinnon R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted yes
Max Schwabe R-MO voted yes
William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted yes
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH voted yes
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH voted yes
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted yes
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted yes
Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH voted yes
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted yes
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted yes
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted yes
William Henry Stevenson R-WI voted yes
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted yes
Merlin Hull R-WI voted yes
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes

The bill

H.R. 6055: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “HR 6055. Appropriations to supply…: House Vote, Apr 1, 1948,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/80-H-106/hr-6055-appropriations-to-supply-deficiencies-in-certain-appropriation (accessed 2026-10-17).