HR 8195. Rescind the order of the postmaster gen. Curtailing certain postal services. On thornberry amend.

On Aug 16, 1950, the House voted 159–213 (HR 8195). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 135–94, Republicans 26–119, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 120 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: 159
No: 213
Did not vote: 15
Date: Aug 16, 1950

By party

Democrats135 yes · 94 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 119 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
John Francis Shelley D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA 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
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Thurman Charles Crook D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
William P. Bolton D-MD voted no
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI 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
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Clare Magee D-MO voted no
Philip James Welch D-MO voted no
Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
Raymond Willard Karst D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
William Kingsland Macy R-NY voted yes
Louis Gary Clemente D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY voted no
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
James Joseph Murphy D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Isidore Dollinger D-NY voted no
Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
John Taber R-NY voted yes
Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY voted no

And 40 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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