To have the house agree to the conference report on bill S. 2812, encouraging and promoting the mining of coal phosphate, oil, gas, and sodium on the public dom

On Feb 27, 1919, the House voted 221–77 (S 2812). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–68, Democrats 133–7, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 221
No: 77
Did not vote: 155
Date: Feb 27, 1919

By party

Democrats133 yes · 7 no · 86 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 68 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Huddleston D-AL voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
James Walter Wise D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Niels Juul R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
William Scott Vare R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
David Guy Classon R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-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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Capitol Receipts, “To have the house agree to the conference…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-256/to-have-the-house-agree-to-the-conference-report (accessed 2026-10-17).