HR 6661. Amend the foreign service building act of 1948. Motion to suspend the rules and pass.

On Mar 31, 1952, the House voted 240–82 (HR 6661). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 151–10, Republicans 89–72. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 82 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: 240
No: 82
Did not vote: 16
Date: Mar 31, 1952

By party

Democrats151 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans89 yes · 72 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted no
William Courtland Lantaff D-FL voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross 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
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD voted no
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Ruth Thompson R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett 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
Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Fred George Aandahl R-ND voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Edward Miller R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no

And 2 more.

The bill

H.R. 6661: To amend the Foreign Service Building Act, 1926

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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