HR 4419. Amend the d.c. Teachers' salary act of 1947. Passage.

On Sep 24, 1951, the House voted 238–53 (HR 4419). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–51, Democrats 140–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 238
No: 53
Did not vote: 18
Date: Sep 24, 1951

By party

Democrats140 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans97 yes · 51 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte 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
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN 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
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted no
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
George Meader R-MI 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
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 4419: To amend the District of Columbias Teachers Salary Act of 1947

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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