House roll call 276 · 63rd Congress · Feb 27, 1915
To amend the district of columbia appropriation bill for 1916 (H. R. 19422), by setting up a joint committee to prepare and submit a report on the proper share
On Feb 27, 1915, the House voted 165–151 (HR 19422). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 93–119, Republicans 71–28, Others 1–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 121 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
- 165
- No
- 151
- Did not vote
- 136
- Date
- Feb 27, 1915
By party
- Democrats93 yes · 119 no · 92 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans71 yes · 28 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted yes
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Harris D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted no
- William Kettner D-CA voted yes
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT voted yes
- William Kennedy D-CT voted yes
- Maurice Connolly D-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA voted yes
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Robert Potter Hill D-IL voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
- William Jason Fields D-KY voted yes
- John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA voted yes
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Simpson Deitrick D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Chandler Thacher D-MA voted yes
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD voted yes
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- David John Lewis D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
- Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
- George Ross Smith R-MN voted no
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- Tom Stout D-MT voted yes
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted no
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted yes
- Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE voted no
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH voted yes
- Jacob Thompson Baker D-NJ voted yes
- Allan Bartholomew Walsh D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
- Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck D-NY voted yes
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted yes
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
And 41 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Christopher Columbus Harris D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent I-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- William Kennedy D-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Maurice Connolly D-IA
- Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Robert Potter Hill D-IL
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick Simpson Deitrick D-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Thomas Chandler Thacher D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- James Manahan R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH
- Jacob Thompson Baker D-NJ
- Allan Bartholomew Walsh D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- James Washington Logue D-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Franklin Lewis Dershem D-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Jacob Alexander Falconer O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Franklin Brockson D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Henry Vollmer D-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- George Edmund Gorman D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Marsh Thomson O-IL
- William Henry Hinebaugh O-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Frank Trimble O'Hair D-IL
- Charles Martin Borchers D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William Nicolas Baltz D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Josiah Macdonald O-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE
- Eugene Elliott Reed D-NH
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Willis James Hulings O-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Horace Worth Vaughan D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Samuel Brashear Avis R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Oscar Mulkey D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Charles Webster Bell R-CA
- George John Kindel D-CO
- Bryan Francis Mahan D-CT
- Jeremiah Donovan D-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Claude L'Engle D-FL
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Hoxworth D-IL
- Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- John Barney Peterson D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- James Walter Elder D-LA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Edward Gilmore D-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- Frank Owens Smith D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Forrest Goodwin R-ME
- Roy Orchard Woodruff O-MI
- Francis Oscar Lindquist R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Michael Joseph Gill D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Lewis J. Martin D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Robert Gunn Bremner D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Lathrop Brown D-NY
- Denis O'Leary D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- James Henry O'Brien D-NY
- Herman August Metz D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Timothy Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Jacob Aaron Cantor D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Benjamin Irving Taylor D-NY
- George Mcclellan D-NY
- Samuel Wallin R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- John Richard Clancy D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Robert Henry Gittins D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Stanley Eyre Bowdle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Claude Weaver D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Wooda Nicholas Carr D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple O-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Arthur Ringwalt Rupley R-PA
- Fred Ewing Lewis R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Jacob Johnson R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- James Wesley Bryan O-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the district of columbia…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1915,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/63-H-276/to-amend-the-district-of-columbia-appropriation-bill-for (accessed 2026-10-17).