House roll call 160 · 81st Congress · Mar 9, 1950
HR 874. On passage.
On Mar 9, 1950, the House voted 161–164 (HR 874). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 173–55, Republicans 18–141, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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
- 161
- No
- 164
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 9, 1950
By party
- Democrats173 yes · 55 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 141 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH voted no
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- George Howard Wilson D-OK voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted yes
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
- Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted no
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT voted no
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted no
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA voted no
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
- Merlin Hull R-WI voted yes
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV voted no
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-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
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert 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
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- 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
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason 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
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- 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
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch 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
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- 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
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Clare Magee D-MO
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- George Joseph 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.