House roll call 166 · 81st Congress · Mar 16, 1950
S 2105. On passage.
On Mar 16, 1950, the House voted 144–166 (S 2105). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 123–102, Republicans 52–97, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 154 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
- 144
- No
- 166
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 16, 1950
By party
- Democrats123 yes · 102 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 97 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Oren Harris D-AR voted no
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted yes
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
- Paul Brown D-GA voted no
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted yes
- 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
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted yes
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN voted no
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted no
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
And 74 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-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
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman 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
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener 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
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett 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
- 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
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- John Mcsweeney 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
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter 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
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers 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
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- 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
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-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
- 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
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-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
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton 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
- 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
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson 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
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
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.