On passage of the resolution instructing the house conferees not to agree to Senate amendment 110 to the district of columbia appropriation bill for 1916 (h. R.

On Feb 25, 1915, the House voted 202–86 (HR 19422). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 174–16, Republicans 26–67, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 202
No: 86
Did not vote: 165
Date: Feb 25, 1915

By party

Democrats174 yes · 16 no · 114 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 67 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Christopher Columbus Harris D-AL voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
James William Good R-IA voted yes
Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted yes
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted yes
George Ross Smith R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Tom Stout D-MT voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted no
Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE voted yes
Henry Gold Danforth R-NY voted yes
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
John Mary Morin R-PA voted yes
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted yes
Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted no
David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
Howard Sutherland R-WV 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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