To amend H. R. 17042, a bill to amend the postal and civilservice laws, and for other purposes, by inserting that hereafter any assistant postmaster, clerk or e

On Aug 8, 1914, the House voted 71–133 (HR 17042). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 73–66, Republicans 0–66, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 members voted against their own party.

During the 63rd Congress (1913–1914), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 71
No: 133
Did not vote: 243
Date: Aug 8, 1914

By party

Democrats73 yes · 66 no · 165 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 66 no · 73 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
William Kettner D-CA voted no
George John Kindel D-CO voted no
Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT voted no
Jeremiah Donovan D-CT voted no
Franklin Brockson D-DE voted no
Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted no
Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
Louis Fitzhenry D-IL voted no
Frank Trimble O'Hair D-IL voted no
Charles Martin Borchers D-IL voted no
William Nicolas Baltz D-IL voted no
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted no
John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
Frederick Simpson Deitrick D-MA voted no
William Francis Murray D-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted no
Edward Gilmore D-MA voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
David John Lewis D-MD voted no
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Michael Joseph Gill D-MO voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH voted no
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ voted no
Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted no
Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no
Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted no
Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted no
Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck D-NY voted no
Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted no
John Richard Clancy D-NY voted no
Stanley Eyre Bowdle D-OH voted no
Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted no
Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH voted no
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH voted no
John Alexander Key D-OH voted no
George White D-OH voted no
Robert Emmett Lee D-PA voted no
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 17042, a bill to amend the…: House Vote, Aug 8, 1914,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/63-H-175/to-amend-h-r-17042-a-bill-to-amend (accessed 2026-10-17).