HR 1005. Amend the tariff act of 1930 to provide for free importation of twine used for bailing hay, straw, and other fodder and bedding material. Passage.

On Sep 14, 1951, the House voted 210–41 (HR 1005). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 136–8, Republicans 90–49. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 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: 210
No: 41
Did not vote: 19
Date: Sep 14, 1951

By party

Democrats136 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans90 yes · 49 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan 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
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
William Henry Bates R-MA voted no
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
James Joseph Murphy D-NY voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted no
George Harrison Bender R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA voted no
George Milton Rhodes D-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no

The bill

H.R. 1005: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of twine used for baling hay, straw, and other fodder and bedding material

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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Capitol Receipts, “HR 1005. Amend the tariff act of 1930 to…: House Vote, Sep 14, 1951,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-86/hr-1005-amend-the-tariff-act-of-1930-to (accessed 2026-10-17).