House roll call 65 · 82nd Congress · Jul 20, 1951
HR 3871. On committee amend. (commodity speculation.)
On Jul 20, 1951, the House voted 242–172 (HR 3871). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 92–137, Republicans 155–39, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 131 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
- 242
- No
- 172
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 20, 1951
By party
- Democrats92 yes · 137 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans155 yes · 39 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
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR voted yes
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR voted yes
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted yes
- Oren Harris D-AR voted yes
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
- Chester Bartow Mcmullen 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
- 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
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted yes
- Overton Brooks D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
- Morgan Moore Moulder 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
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- 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
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
- James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
And 51 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- 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
- Ernest King Bramblett 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
- John Phillips R-CA
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven 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
- Edward Halsey Jenison 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
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- George Meader R-MI
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead 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
- Harold Dunbar Cooley 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
- Fred George Aandahl R-ND
- 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
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole 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
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- George Herman Mahon 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
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- John Robert Murdock 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
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Harold Royce Gross 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
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-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
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Clare Magee 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
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-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
- Henry Jepson Latham R-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
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-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
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- 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
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-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
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
Voted present
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
- John Kee D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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