HR 2245. Repeal the tax on oleomargarine. Passage.

On Apr 26, 1948, the House voted 260–106 (HR 2245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–99, Democrats 142–14, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 113 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: 260
No: 106
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 26, 1948

By party

Democrats142 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans123 yes · 99 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Abe McGregor Goff R-ID voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
George W. Gillie R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted no
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
George Edward Mackinnon R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no

And 33 more.

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 2245. Repeal the tax on oleomargarine…: House Vote, Apr 26, 1948,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/80-H-116/hr-2245-repeal-the-tax-on-oleomargarine-passage (accessed 2026-10-17).