H RES 310. Resolution providing for the consideration of HR 1758 to amend the natural gas act.

On Aug 4, 1949, the House voted 231–112 (HRE 310). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 131–106, Republicans 118–22, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 128 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: 231
No: 112
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 4, 1949

By party

Democrats131 yes · 106 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans118 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT voted no
John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted no
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA 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
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Thurman Charles Crook D-IN voted no
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted no
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted no
Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted no
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted no
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted no
Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI 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
Clare Magee D-MO voted no
Philip James Welch D-MO voted no
Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO voted no
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted no
Raymond Willard Karst D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Charles Robert Howell D-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
Louis Gary Clemente D-NY voted no
Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
James Joseph Murphy D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no

And 48 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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