House roll call 85 · 81st Congress · Aug 5, 1949
HR 1758. Amend the natural gas act. On motion to recommit.
On Aug 5, 1949, the House voted 124–187 (HR 1758). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 119–124, Republicans 44–104, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 163 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
- 124
- No
- 187
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 5, 1949
By party
- Democrats119 yes · 124 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 104 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted yes
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA voted yes
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA voted yes
- John Albert Carroll D-CO voted yes
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO voted yes
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT voted yes
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- William Levi Dawson D-IL voted yes
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted yes
- Neil Joseph Linehan D-IL voted yes
- James Vincent Buckley D-IL voted yes
- Martin Gorski D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted yes
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL voted yes
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted yes
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted yes
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN voted yes
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted yes
- Brent Spence D-KY voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- George Joseph Bates R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- William P. Bolton D-MD voted yes
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
- James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted yes
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-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
- Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
- Clare Magee 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
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO voted yes
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO voted yes
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE voted yes
And 83 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Cecil Fielding White D-CA
- Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- John Henry Marsalis D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- 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
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Chester Anton Chesney D-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Thurman Charles Crook D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs D-IN
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- 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
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-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
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Raymond Willard Karst D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Lemke R-ND
- Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- 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
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio O-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. O-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- John Clay Davies D-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- William Louis Pfeiffer R-NY
- Anthony Francis Tauriello D-NY
- Chester Charles Gorski D-NY
- Earl Thomas Wagner D-OH
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Henry Burke D-OH
- Walter B. Huber D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Harry James Davenport D-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- 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
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin 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
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Davis Lodge R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- George Armistead Smathers 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
- Carl Vinson 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
- Karl Miles Le Compte 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
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Rolla Coral Mcmillen R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Edward H. Kruse D-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- James Ellsworth Noland 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
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-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
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Esten Miles D-NM
- William Kingsland Macy R-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Jay Le Fevre R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- William Franklin (Dixie) Gilmer D-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- John Crain Kunkel R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. 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
- 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
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. 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
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Francis Eugene Worley D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- 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
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Chase Going Woodhouse D-CT
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- John Richard Walsh D-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA
- Anthony Cavalcante D-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Jennings Jr. R-TN
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Erland Harold Hedrick 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
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ben Hugh Guill R-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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