HR 5903. Amend the hospital survey and construction act to extend its duration and provide greater financial assistance in the construction of hospitals. On m

On Oct 3, 1949, the House voted 238–42 (HR 5903). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 163–6, Republicans 75–36. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 members voted against their own party.

During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 238
No: 42
Did not vote: 13
Date: Oct 3, 1949

By party

Democrats163 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans75 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes 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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