House roll call 56 · 80th Congress · Jun 30, 1947
HR 49. Enable the people of hawaii to form a constitution and state gov't and to be admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states. Pass
On Jun 30, 1947, the House voted 195–133 (HR 49). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 142–56, Democrats 57–81. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 113 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
- 195
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 30, 1947
By party
- Democrats57 yes · 81 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans142 yes · 56 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
- William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
- Martin Gorski D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL voted no
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL voted no
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted no
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted no
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN voted no
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN voted no
- Wint Smith R-KS voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted no
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted no
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted no
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted yes
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted yes
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted yes
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH voted no
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted yes
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted yes
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK voted yes
And 33 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Ellsworth Bishop Foote R-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Edward James Devitt R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Gregory Mcmahon R-NY
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Percy Wilfred Griffiths R-OH
- Henderson Haverfield Carson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- George William Sarbacher Jr. R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Robert Neill Mcgarvey R-PA
- Franklin John Maloney R-PA
- E. Wallace Chadwick R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- Mitchell Jenkins R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
Did not vote
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- William Lewis R-KY
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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