H R 7072. Appropriations for the ex. Office and sundry independent executive bureaus boards, commissions, corporations, agencies and offices. Motion to reco

On Jul 2, 1952, the House voted 160–194 (HR 7072). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 47–138, Republicans 113–55, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 102 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: 160
No: 194
Did not vote: 18
Date: Jul 2, 1952

By party

Democrats47 yes · 138 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans113 yes · 55 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD voted yes
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted yes
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
Ernest Greenwood D-NY voted yes
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
John Jarman D-OK voted yes
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
Harmar Denny Denny Jr. R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes

And 22 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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