HR 2023. On poage amend.

On Apr 1, 1949, the House voted 243–137 (HR 2023). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 190–46, Republicans 61–100, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 107 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: 243
No: 137
Did not vote: 12
Date: Apr 1, 1949

By party

Democrats190 yes · 46 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans61 yes · 100 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James William Trimble D-AR voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted yes
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted yes
Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted no
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
John Davis Lodge R-CT voted yes
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted yes
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted yes
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted yes
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted yes
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL voted yes
Thurman Charles Crook D-IN voted no
John Richard Walsh D-IN voted no
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted yes
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted yes
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
William P. Bolton D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Clare Magee D-MO voted no
Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO voted no
Philip James Welch D-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted no
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted yes
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
John Clay Davies D-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted yes
Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
George Howard Wilson D-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Hardie Scott R-PA voted yes

And 27 more.

The bill

H.R. 2023: To regulate oleomargarine, to repeal certain taxes relating to oleomargarine, and for other purposes

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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