H RES 539. Agreeing to resolution.

On Mar 11, 1952, the House voted 206–115 (HRE 539). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 96–72, Republicans 109–43, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 115 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: 206
No: 115
Did not vote: 16
Date: Mar 11, 1952

By party

Democrats96 yes · 72 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans109 yes · 43 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
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Clair Engle D-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
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
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
John Travers Wood R-ID voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
John Clarence Watts D-KY voted no
James Stephen Golden R-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
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
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
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Frank Ertel Carlyle 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
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted no
Toby Morris D-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no

And 35 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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