House roll call 204 · 81st Congress · Jun 29, 1950
S 3550. An act to continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority and discre tion for the purpose of exercising, administering an d enforcing import
On Jun 29, 1950, the House voted 72–264 (S 3550). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–195, Republicans 65–69, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 72
- No
- 264
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jun 29, 1950
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 195 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 69 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted yes
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted yes
- Chauncey William Reed 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
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Wint Smith R-KS voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford 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
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted yes
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted yes
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted yes
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA voted yes
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted yes
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted yes
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted yes
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN voted yes
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX voted yes
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted yes
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted yes
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted yes
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI voted yes
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted yes
- John William Byrnes R-WI voted yes
- Merlin Hull R-WI voted yes
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- 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
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon 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 Phillips R-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
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver 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
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-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
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory 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
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- 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
- 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
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-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
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner 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
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-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
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. 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
- 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
- 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
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- 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
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- 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
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- William Lemke R-ND
- 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
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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