HR 221. Amend the interstate commerce act with respect to to certain agreements between carriers. Passage.

On May 11, 1948, the House voted 271–53 (HR 221). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 199–2, Democrats 81–58, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 60 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: 271
No: 53
Did not vote: 18
Date: May 11, 1948

By party

Democrats81 yes · 58 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans199 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Toby Morris D-OK voted no
Preston Elmer Peden D-OK voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted no
Jesse Martin Combs D-TX voted no
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX voted no
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted no
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA 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 221. Amend the interstate commerce act…: House Vote, May 11, 1948,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/80-H-122/hr-221-amend-the-interstate-commerce-act-with-respect (accessed 2026-10-16).