House roll call 136 · 81st Congress · Feb 15, 1950
Motion to adjourn.
On Feb 15, 1950, the House voted 126–198. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 106–124, Republicans 33–85, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 139 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
- 126
- No
- 198
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 15, 1950
By party
- Democrats106 yes · 124 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 85 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted yes
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted yes
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
- William P. Bolton D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted yes
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
And 59 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.