House roll call 9 · 80th Congress · Feb 24, 1947
HR 1700. Provide daylight saving in d.c. On passage.
On Feb 24, 1947, the House voted 124–210 (HR 1700). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 88–115, Democrats 42–101. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 130 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
- 124
- No
- 210
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 24, 1947
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 101 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 115 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Carter Manasco D-AL voted yes
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted yes
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID voted yes
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted yes
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
- George Evan Howell R-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- William Grant Stratton R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN voted yes
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN voted yes
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD voted yes
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI voted yes
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI voted yes
- Edward James Devitt R-MN voted yes
- William Clay Cole R-MO voted yes
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO voted yes
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted yes
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM voted yes
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY voted yes
- John James Rooney D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
And 50 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Carter Manasco D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Richard Fielding Harless D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Abe McGregor Goff R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Robert Joseph Twyman R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- George Evan Howell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- William Grant Stratton R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Robert Allen Grant R-IN
- Forest Arthur Harness R-IN
- Edward Archibald Mitchell R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Hugh Allen Meade D-MD
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Bartel John Jonkman R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Howard Aldridge Coffin R-MI
- Harold Francis Youngblood R-MI
- Edward James Devitt R-MN
- William Clay Cole R-MO
- Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R-MO
- Parke Monroe Banta R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Charles Raymond Robertson R-ND
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Ellsworth Brewer Buck R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- David Matthew Potts R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Homer Alonzo Ramey R-OH
- Earl Ramage Lewis R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Robert Neill Mcgarvey R-PA
- George William Sarbacher Jr. R-PA
- E. Wallace Chadwick R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Mitchell Jenkins R-PA
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- William Josiah Crow R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Harve Tibbott R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- John Ralph Mcdowell R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Homer Raymond Jones R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Francis Johnson Love R-WV
- Melvin Claude Snyder R-WV
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
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- 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 Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Willis Winter Bradley R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Charles Kimball Fletcher R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Robert Fay Rockwell R-CO
- William Jennings Miller R-CT
- Emory Hilliard Price D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Anton Joseph Johnson R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Roy Clippinger R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- George W. Gillie R-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Gerald Wayne Landis R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Raymond Smiley Springer R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James Domengeaux D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- George Edward Mackinnon R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold R-MO
- Max Schwabe R-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Marion Tinsley Bennett R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- John Hamlin Folger D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Hinton Russell R-NV
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Raymond Hugh Burke R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Edward Oscar Mccowen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins 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
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Glen Dale Johnson D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Preston Elmer Peden D-OK
- Ross Rizley R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Chester Heilman Gross R-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- William Wirt Courtney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- William Henry Stevenson R-WI
- John Charles Brophy R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Edward Gay Rohrbough R-WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- William Fadjo Cravens D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Ellsworth Bishop Foote R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Leonard Owens R-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Wendell Howes Meade R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Frank Leander Sundstrom R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Gregory Mcmahon R-NY
- Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Benjamin J. Rabin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Hadwen Carlton Fuller R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Edward Julius Elsaesser R-NY
- Robert Franklin Jones R-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- James A. Gallagher R-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Franklin John Maloney R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Charles Lewis Gerlach R-PA
- James Paul Scoblick R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Fred Barthold Norman R-WA
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-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
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Leo Isacson O-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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