S J RES 167. Aid in the stablilization of commodity prices, aid in further stabilizing the economy of the U.S.

On Dec 19, 1947, the House voted 282–73 (SJRE 167). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 178–29, Democrats 103–44, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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: 282
No: 73
Did not vote: 16
Date: Dec 19, 1947

By party

Democrats103 yes · 44 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans178 yes · 29 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carter Manasco D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
William Jennings Miller R-CT voted no
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO voted no
Max Schwabe R-MO voted no
William Clay Cole 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
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead 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
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Preston Elmer Peden D-OK voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Chester Heilman Gross R-PA voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Francis Eugene Worley D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull 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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