H RES 294. Resolution providing for the consideration of H J RES 278 to continue for a temporary period the defense production act of 1950 the h ousing and ren

On Jun 29, 1951, the House voted 297–85 (HRE 294). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 196–2, Republicans 100–83, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 85 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: 297
No: 85
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jun 29, 1951

By party

Democrats196 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans100 yes · 83 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA voted no
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted no
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin 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
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
James Stephen Golden R-KY voted no
Frank Fellows R-ME voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Ruth Thompson R-MI voted no
Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Louis Edward Graham R-PA voted no
Harmar Denny Denny Jr. R-PA voted no

And 5 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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