To suspend the rules and pass S. 6266, U.S. Warehousing act authorizing cotton warehouses. (p.459-2)

On Dec 21, 1914, the House voted 219–98 (S 6266). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 178–30, Republicans 37–66, Others 4–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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: 219
No: 98
Did not vote: 135
Date: Dec 21, 1914

By party

Democrats178 yes · 30 no · 96 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no
Republicans37 yes · 66 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
Charles Webster Bell R-CA voted yes
William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted yes
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Franklin Brockson D-DE voted no
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
Henry Vollmer D-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
James McMahon Graham D-IL voted no
Cyrus Cline D-IN voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
Caleb Powers R-KY voted yes
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
Francis Oscar Lindquist R-MI voted yes
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted no
George Ross Smith R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
James Manahan R-MN voted yes
William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
James Paul Maher D-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Warren Gard D-OH voted no
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
William Bates Francis D-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
James Washington Logue D-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
Arthur Ringwalt Rupley R-PA voted yes
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted yes
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes

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 suspend the rules and pass S. 6266, U.S…: House Vote, Dec 21, 1914,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/63-H-226/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-s-6266-u (accessed 2026-10-17).