HR 4453. On motion to recommit.

On Feb 23, 1950, the House voted 177–239 (HR 4453). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 144–111, Republicans 36–131, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 147 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: 177
No: 239
Did not vote: 14
Date: Feb 23, 1950

By party

Democrats144 yes · 111 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans36 yes · 131 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
John Francis Shelley D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted yes
William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted no
Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL voted no
James Vincent Buckley D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted yes
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted yes
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted no
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Thurman Charles Crook D-IN voted no
Edward H. Kruse D-IN voted no
John Richard Walsh D-IN voted no
James Ellsworth Noland D-IN voted no
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Philip James Welch D-MO voted no
Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted no
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes

And 67 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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