S 2105. Stimulate exploration for and conservation of strategic and critical ores meta LS, and minerals. On motion to suspend and pass the bill.

On Oct 17, 1949, the House voted 176–118 (S 2105). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 121–51, Republicans 57–68. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 108 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: 176
No: 118
Did not vote: 13
Date: Oct 17, 1949

By party

Democrats121 yes · 51 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans57 yes · 68 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted yes
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted yes
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
William P. Bolton D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted yes
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
Louis Gary Clemente D-NY voted no
Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes

And 28 more.

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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