HR 5992. Tidelands. Confirm and establish the titles of the states to lands beneath navigable waters within state boundaries and natural resources within such

On Apr 30, 1948, the House voted 257–29 (HR 5992). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 169–7, Democrats 105–37, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 44 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: 257
No: 29
Did not vote: 20
Date: Apr 30, 1948

By party

Democrats105 yes · 37 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans169 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted no
William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
Martin Gorski D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
John Albert Whitaker D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA voted no
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Frank Buchanan D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no

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 5992. Tidelands. Confirm and establish…: House Vote, Apr 30, 1948,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/80-H-118/hr-5992-tidelands-confirm-and-establish-the-titles-of (accessed 2026-10-17).