H J RES 146. Joint resolution to extend the powers and authorities under certain statutes with respect to the distribution and pricing of sugar.

On Mar 21, 1947, the House voted 287–54 (HJRE 146). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 155–46, Democrats 133–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 55 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: 287
No: 54
Did not vote: 17
Date: Mar 21, 1947

By party

Democrats133 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans155 yes · 46 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Alfred James Elliott D-CA voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Roy Clippinger R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
William Clay Cole 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
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Alvin F. Weichel 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
George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Ross Rizley R-OK voted no
James Paul Scoblick R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski 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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