HR 4846. Promote the progress of science; to advance the national health prosperity and welfare; to secure the national defense and for oth er purposes. Mo

On Mar 1, 1950, the House voted 134–240 (HR 4846). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–198, Republicans 110–54, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 91 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: 134
No: 240
Did not vote: 13
Date: Mar 1, 1950

By party

Democrats37 yes · 198 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans110 yes · 54 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted no
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted yes
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted yes
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Jay Le Fevre R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
John Crain Kunkel R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes

And 11 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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