House roll call 233 · 81st Congress · Aug 16, 1950
HR 8195. Motion to recommit.
On Aug 16, 1950, the House voted 111–261 (HR 8195). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 78–159, Republicans 39–106, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 117 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
- 111
- No
- 261
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 16, 1950
By party
- Democrats78 yes · 159 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 106 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Pace D-GA voted yes
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
- James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted yes
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted yes
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN voted yes
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN voted yes
- Ralph Harvey R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted yes
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted yes
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted yes
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
- John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- William Grady Stigler D-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
And 37 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox 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
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones 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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague 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
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher 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
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- 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
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-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
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- 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
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends 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
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins 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
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-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
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- William P. Bolton D-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- 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
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow 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
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- 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
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-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
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Wint Smith R-KS
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- 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.
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