H RES 539. Resolution amending H RES 390, which provides for an investigation and study of the katyn forest massacure. On previous question.

On Mar 11, 1952, the House voted 164–156 (HRE 539). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 101–67, Republicans 62–89, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 129 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: 164
No: 156
Did not vote: 16
Date: Mar 11, 1952

By party

Democrats101 yes · 67 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans62 yes · 89 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George McInvale Grant D-AL voted no
George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Edward Degraffenried D-AL voted no
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted yes
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted yes
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted yes
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted no
William Courtland Lantaff D-FL voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
George Meader R-MI voted yes
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted yes
Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO voted yes
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted yes
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted yes
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted yes
Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes

And 49 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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