HR 39. Encourage the improvement and development of marketing facilities for handling perishable agricultural commodities. On motion to recommit.

On Sep 26, 1951, the House voted 180–162 (HR 39). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–148, Republicans 151–26, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 180
No: 162
Did not vote: 18
Date: Sep 26, 1951

By party

Democrats40 yes · 148 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans151 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted no
John Joseph Allen Jr. 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
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett 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
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
Ralph Harvey R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
Hardie Scott R-PA voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC voted yes
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

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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