House roll call 24 · 82nd Congress · May 2, 1951
HR 3790. On keating amend. (bureau of reclamation, reference to whelling contracts.)
On May 2, 1951, the House voted 226–165 (HR 3790). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 69–151, Republicans 167–25, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 94 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
- 226
- No
- 165
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 2, 1951
By party
- Democrats69 yes · 151 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans167 yes · 25 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
- George McInvale Grant D-AL voted yes
- George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted yes
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL voted yes
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Dwight Laing Rogers 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
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy 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
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Frank Ertel Carlyle 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
- Fred George Aandahl R-ND voted no
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
- John Jarman D-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
- Lowell Stockman R-OR voted no
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted yes
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted yes
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
And 14 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-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
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- John Travers Wood R-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-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
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- 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
- 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
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Karl Stefan 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
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- John Taber 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 Emil Hess R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Henry Frazier Reams I-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
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Albert Clinton Vaughn Sr. R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-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 Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-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
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers 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
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Samuel William Yorty D-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-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
- 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
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Fred George Aandahl R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Ernest Greenwood D-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh 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
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- 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
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-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
- John Kee D-WV
Voted present
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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