HR 7570. On passage (failed).

On Aug 17, 1950, the House voted 133–148 (HR 7570). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 149–49, Republicans 6–120, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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: 133
No: 148
Did not vote: 15
Date: Aug 17, 1950

By party

Democrats149 yes · 49 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 120 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
John Henry Marsalis D-CO voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
George Armistead Smathers D-FL 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
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted yes
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted yes
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas 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
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted no
Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT voted no
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted no
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted no
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA voted no

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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