To agree to H. RES. 492, relating to the contested election case of wickersham against sulzer, providing that chas. Sulzer was not elected a delegate to the hou

On Jan 7, 1919, the House voted 229–64 (HRE 492). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 153–3, Democrats 73–62, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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: 229
No: 64
Did not vote: 160
Date: Jan 7, 1919

By party

Democrats73 yes · 62 no · 91 didn’t vote
Republicans153 yes · 3 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oscar Lee Gray D-AL voted no
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA voted no
William Carter Wright D-GA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Jared Young Sanders D-LA voted no
Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted no
George Richard Lunn D-NY voted no
Warren Gard D-OH voted no
John Alexander Key D-OH voted no
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
Martin Luther Davey D-OH voted no
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA voted no
William Francis Stevenson D-SC voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
James Clifton Wilson D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted no
Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV 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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