To amend H. R. 10069, providing $150,000 for the deepening of the key west harbor, fla., and also authorizing a contract for not exceeding $232,700 (full estima

On Apr 16, 1918, the House voted 151–133 (HR 10069). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–101, Democrats 105–32, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 members voted against their own party.

During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 151
No: 133
Did not vote: 171
Date: Apr 16, 1918

By party

Democrats105 yes · 32 no · 89 didn’t vote
Republicans43 yes · 101 no · 79 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR voted no
William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
John William Rainey D-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted yes
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted yes
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted yes
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted yes
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted yes
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted yes
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
Oscar William Swift R-NY voted yes
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted no
George Blinn Francis R-NY voted yes
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted yes
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted yes
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted yes
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted yes
John Marshall Rose R-PA voted yes
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted yes
Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted yes
Edward Cooper 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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