H RES 327. Resolution providing for the consideration of and waiving points of order against HR 5895, a bill to promote the foreign policy and provide for the

On Aug 17, 1949, the House voted 277–46 (HRE 327). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 194–8, Republicans 90–45, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 277
No: 46
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 17, 1949

By party

Democrats194 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans90 yes · 45 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
Frederick Cleveland Smith R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Toby Morris D-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

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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