To pass H. R. 20189 (38 stat. 1049, 3/4/1915), a bill making appropriations for the constructions, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and

On Jan 19, 1915, the House voted 164–81 (HR 20189). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 125–44, Republicans 38–36, Others 1–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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: 164
No: 81
Did not vote: 206
Date: Jan 19, 1915

By party

Democrats125 yes · 44 no · 135 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no
Republicans38 yes · 36 no · 65 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Jeremiah Donovan D-CT voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
Louis Fitzhenry D-IL voted no
Charles Martin Borchers D-IL voted no
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL voted no
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
Cyrus Cline D-IN voted no
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted no
John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
George Arthur Neeley D-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted no
Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY voted no
Warren Gard D-OH voted no
John Henry Goeke D-OH voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
John Alexander Key D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA voted no
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
William Gay Brown Jr. 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 pass H. R. 20189 (38 stat. 1049…: House Vote, Jan 19, 1915,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/63-H-245/to-pass-h-r-20189-38-stat-1049-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).