House roll call 26 · 81st Congress · Mar 22, 1949
HR 2681. Motion to strike out enacting clause.
On Mar 22, 1949, the House voted 120–291 (HR 2681). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 89–162, Republicans 32–129, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 121 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
- 120
- No
- 291
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 22, 1949
By party
- Democrats89 yes · 162 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 129 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- James William Trimble D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted yes
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted yes
- John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME 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
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski D-MI voted yes
- Roy William Wier D-MN voted yes
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Philip James Welch D-MO voted yes
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted yes
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted yes
- George Henry Christopher D-MO voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Celler D-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Arthur George Klein D-NY voted yes
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH voted yes
- Walter B. Huber D-OH voted yes
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
And 41 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- James Ellsworth Noland D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland 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
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-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
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers 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
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- John Carfield Sanborn R-ID
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL
- Martin Gorski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-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
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates 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
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- 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
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon 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 Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch 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
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- George Howard Wilson D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-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
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich 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
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- James Butler Hare D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- 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
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Andrew John Biemiller D-WI
- Frank Bateman Keefe R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
Did not vote
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Other votes
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