HR 3871. On poage amend. (ceiling agricultural commodities.)

On Jul 20, 1951, the House voted 181–233 (HR 3871). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 69–155, Republicans 115–80, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 149 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: 181
No: 233
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 20, 1951

By party

Democrats69 yes · 155 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans115 yes · 80 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 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
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL voted yes
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
Edward Degraffenried D-AL voted yes
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL voted yes
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA 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
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL voted yes
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
John Valentine Beamer R-IN voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
William Gilmer Bray R-IN voted no
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted yes
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy 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
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Charles Anderson Wolverton 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

And 69 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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