HR 5055. Bill for the relief of sundry claiments. Motion to strike out title i in its entirety (relief of dixie margarine co. Of tennessee)

On May 18, 1948, the House voted 127–221 (HR 5055). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 127–82, Democrats 0–137, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 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: 127
No: 221
Did not vote: 18
Date: May 18, 1948

By party

Democrats0 yes · 137 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans127 yes · 82 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO voted no
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
William Grant Stratton R-IL voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
Wendell Howes Meade R-KY voted no
William Lewis R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI voted no
George Edward Mackinnon R-MN voted no
Edward James Devitt R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
William Clay Cole R-MO voted no
Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO voted no
Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted no
Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Robert Neill Mcgarvey R-PA voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Franklin John Maloney R-PA voted no
George William Sarbacher Jr. R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
E. Wallace Chadwick R-PA voted no
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted no
Mitchell Jenkins R-PA voted no
Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted no
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA voted no
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
William Josiah Crow R-PA voted no
Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
Harve Tibbott R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted no
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no

And 2 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 5055. Bill for the relief of sundry…: House Vote, May 18, 1948,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/80-H-126/hr-5055-bill-for-the-relief-of-sundry-claiments (accessed 2026-10-17).