HR 5330. Passage (failed).

On Jan 19, 1950, the House voted 191–192 (HR 5330). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 171–62, Republicans 25–135, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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: 191
No: 192
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jan 19, 1950

By party

Democrats171 yes · 62 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans25 yes · 135 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. 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
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
Clare Magee D-MO voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Philip James Welch D-MO voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-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
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
John Esten Miles D-NM voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
John Clay Davies D-NY voted no
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY voted yes
Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY voted no
Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
Toby Morris D-OK voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted yes
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
James Butler Hare D-SC voted no
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted no
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted no
James Patton Sutton D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Clifford Davis D-TN 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
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no

And 7 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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