H RES 667. Resolution providing for the consideration of HR 8195, a bill to rescind the order of the postmaster gen. Curtailing certain postal services. Motio

On Aug 14, 1950, the House voted 249–81 (HRE 667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 149–65, Republicans 105–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 86 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: 249
No: 81
Did not vote: 15
Date: Aug 14, 1950

By party

Democrats149 yes · 65 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans105 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox 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
James Ellsworth Noland D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
John Albert Whitaker D-KY voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
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
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
William Grady Stigler D-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
James Patton Sutton D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted no
Jesse Martin Combs D-TX voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
William Homer Thornberry D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted no
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no

And 6 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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