House roll call 14 · 64th Congress · Feb 19, 1916
To pass H. R. 655 as amended, a bill providing pensions for the survivors of certain indian wars from 1865 to jan. 1891 inclusive, and for other purposes. (p.
On Feb 19, 1916, the House voted 220–108 (HR 655). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 86–94, Republicans 131–12, Others 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 98 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 220
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 112
- Date
- Feb 19, 1916
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 94 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans131 yes · 12 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- William Kettner D-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted yes
- Edward Keating D-CO voted yes
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Taggart D-KS voted yes
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted yes
- Jouett Shouse D-KS voted yes
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted yes
- William Jason Fields D-KY voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- Richard Olney D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME voted yes
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted yes
- Perl D. Decker D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY voted yes
- John Francis Carew D-NY voted yes
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bruckner D-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
- John Alexander Key D-OH voted yes
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- William Henry David Murray D-OK voted yes
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted yes
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
- John Joseph Casey D-PA voted yes
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted yes
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted yes
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX voted yes
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX voted yes
And 18 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Meyer London O-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- William Gordon D-OH
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- William Kent I-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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