House roll call 217 · 81st Congress · Jul 24, 1950
HR 6454. On passage.
On Jul 24, 1950, the House voted 163–110 (HR 6454). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–7, Republicans 16–129, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 163
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 24, 1950
By party
- Democrats172 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 129 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted yes
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL 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
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs 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
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- 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
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-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
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison 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
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon 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 Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Louis Gary Clemente 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
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-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
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson 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
- Charles Edward Potter R-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
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton 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
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-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
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-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
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth 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
- 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
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Voted present
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
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.