To pass S. 3220, (40 stat-1154, feb. 25, 1919), authorizing the secretary of the interior to make investiagtions through the bureau of mines, of lignite coals a

On Jan 7, 1919, the House voted 182–85 (S 3220). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–71, Democrats 116–14, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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: 182
No: 85
Did not vote: 186
Date: Jan 7, 1919

By party

Democrats116 yes · 14 no · 96 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 71 no · 89 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted yes
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
James William Good R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted yes
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
William Francis James R-MI voted yes
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted yes
John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted yes
William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted yes
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Edward Voigt R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
Florian Lampert R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI voted yes
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 3220, (40 stat-1154, feb. 25…: House Vote, Jan 7, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-215/to-pass-s-3220-40-stat-1154-feb-25 (accessed 2026-10-17).