H RES 217. Resolution providing for the consideration of HR 331, a bill to provide for the admission of alaska. On ordering previous question.

On Jan 23, 1950, the House voted 373–25 (HRE 217). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 226–13, Republicans 145–12, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 373
No: 25
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jan 23, 1950

By party

Democrats226 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans145 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Dewey Jackson Short 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
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA 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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