HR 2681. Motion to recommit for further study.

On Mar 24, 1949, the House voted 208–207 (HR 2681). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 152–102, Republicans 58–106, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 160 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: 208
No: 207
Did not vote: 12
Date: Mar 24, 1949

By party

Democrats152 yes · 102 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 106 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted no
George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted no
Edward Degraffenried D-AL voted no
Carl Atwood Elliott 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
Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted yes
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Stephen Pace D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted no
Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL voted no
James Vincent Buckley D-IL voted no
Martin Gorski D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
John Albert Whitaker D-KY voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted no
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
William P. Bolton D-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
Frank Fellows R-ME voted yes
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
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

And 80 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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