HR 4431. Extend and revise the d.c. Emergency rent act. Passage.

On Jun 25, 1951, the House voted 171–120 (HR 4431). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 135–27, Republicans 48–106, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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: 171
No: 120
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jun 25, 1951

By party

Democrats135 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans48 yes · 106 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted no
Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT voted yes
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted yes
Overton Brooks D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted yes
Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted yes
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted yes
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted yes
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Fred George Aandahl R-ND 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
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted yes
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted yes
William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted yes
John Cornelius Butler R-NY voted yes
William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
Lowell Stockman R-OR voted yes
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA voted yes
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted no
John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX voted no
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted yes
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted yes
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI voted yes
Merlin Hull R-WI voted yes

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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