To recede from disagreement and concur in Senate amendment #238, to H. R. 15947 (39 stat. 556, august 29, 1916), a bill making appropriations for the naval serv

On Aug 15, 1916, the House voted 282–51 (HR 15947). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 139–34, Republicans 146–15, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 282
No: 51
Did not vote: 102
Date: Aug 15, 1916

By party

Democrats139 yes · 34 no · 59 didn’t vote
Republicans146 yes · 15 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR voted no
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Joseph Taggart D-KS 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
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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