Dear sandiego-ga,
On Thursday December 11, 1941, on the declaration of war against
Germany, Congress voted: 393 for, none against, not voting 36, and
there was one abstention, that of Rep. Jeanette Rankin, who had voted
against the declaration of war on Japan. Rankin had also voted against
the declaration of war on Germany in 1917.
Extract from the Proceedings in the House of Representatives
Thursday, December 11, 1941.
"The Speaker. The question is, Will the House suspend the rules and
pass the joint resolution?
Mr. McCormack. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken; and there were yeas 393, answered "present" 1,
not voting 36.
So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were
suspended, and the resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table."
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/dec/dec05.htm
"The United States went to war against Germany and Italy, making it an
all-out battle against the Axis. President Roosevelt sent his second
War Message urgently warning that "Delay invites danger". Notification
of German and Italian Declarations of War against the United States
reached the State Department, respectively at 0925 and 0950, 11
December, 1941. Congress received Mr. Roosevelt's message at 1224 and
adopted appropriate resolutions by 1304. There were no dissenting
votes to other war resolution, although Rep. Jeanette Rankin,
Republican of Montana, voted "Present instead of "Yea" or "Nay". The
President told Congress in a message read separately by clerks in each
house: "The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world are now
moving toward this Hemisphere"."
http://www.usswashington.com/13dec41.htm
This is the biography of Rankin.
http://www.edwardsly.com/rankin.htm
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