HR 2023. Passage. (failed)

On Apr 1, 1949, the House voted 288–89 (HR 2023). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 207–27, Republicans 90–72, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 99 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: 288
No: 89
Did not vote: 12
Date: Apr 1, 1949

By party

Democrats207 yes · 27 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans90 yes · 72 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
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-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
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
William Kingsland Macy R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
John Clay Davies D-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Edward Grimes Breen D-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK voted no
George Howard Wilson D-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no

And 19 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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