HR 6396. Authorize for a limited period of time the admission of displaced persons into the U.S. For permanent residence. Passage.

On Jun 11, 1948, the House voted 289–91 (HR 6396). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 182–37, Democrats 111–60, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 97 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: 289
No: 91
Did not vote: 19
Date: Jun 11, 1948

By party

Democrats111 yes · 60 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans182 yes · 37 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Carter Manasco D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
William Fadjo Cravens D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Emory Hilliard Price D-FL voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson 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
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted no
Roy Clippinger R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted no
Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington 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
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
William Grady Stigler D-OK voted no
Preston Elmer Peden D-OK voted no
Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
George William Sarbacher Jr. R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
John Jacob Riley D-SC voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted no
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted no
John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted no
Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no

And 17 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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