To recommit H.R. 12272, to the committee on agriculture, with instructions to report same back with amendment increasing the salaries, travel and other expenses

On Feb 14, 1920, the House voted 113–206 (HR 12272). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–182, Democrats 111–24, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 113
No: 206
Did not vote: 133
Date: Feb 14, 1920

By party

Democrats111 yes · 24 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 182 no · 66 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ voted no
Charles Robley Evans D-NV voted no
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted no
James Vincent Ganly D-NY voted no
Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted no
John Joseph Babka D-OH voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA voted no
Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT 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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