House roll call 144 · 81st Congress · Feb 22, 1950
On motion to adjourn.
On Feb 22, 1950, the House voted 165–239. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 122–134, Republicans 52–112, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 174 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
- 165
- No
- 239
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 22, 1950
By party
- Democrats122 yes · 134 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 112 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
- Carl Atwood Elliott 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
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips 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
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL 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
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- John Albert Whitaker 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
- Overton Brooks 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
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
And 94 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
- Carl Atwood Elliott 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
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- John Phillips 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
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker 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
- Overton Brooks 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
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- 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
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson 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
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas 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
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- 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
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-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
- 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
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- 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
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-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
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- 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
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder 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
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- 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
- 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
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- 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
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-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
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-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
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin 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
- Louis Edward Graham R-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
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- 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
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
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
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.