House roll call 105 · 82nd Congress · Oct 19, 1951
S 355. Adjust the salaries of postmasters, supervisors, and employees in the field service of the post office dept. On adoption of conference report.
On Oct 19, 1951, the House voted 339–7 (S 355). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 179–4, Republicans 160–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 339
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 19, 1951
By party
- Democrats179 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans160 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
- Wint Smith R-KS voted no
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
- John Taber R-NY voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts 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
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Samuel William Yorty D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Travers Wood R-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham 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
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Ernest Greenwood D-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly 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
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Harmar Denny Denny Jr. R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker 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
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Edward John Robeson Jr. 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
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Merlin Hull 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
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- John Taber R-NY
Voted present
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Fred George Aandahl R-ND
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Albert Clinton Vaughn Sr. R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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