To amend S. 2085, (45 stat 537, 3-30-20), relating to actions for death on the high seas and other navigable works, by eliminating in section 7 thereof the word

On Mar 17, 1920, the House voted 201–75 (S 2085). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 114–38, Democrats 84–37, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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: 201
No: 75
Did not vote: 177
Date: Mar 17, 1920

By party

Democrats84 yes · 37 no · 81 didn’t vote
Republicans114 yes · 38 no · 96 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
William Dayton Boies R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
John William Rainey D-IL voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
John Samuel Benham R-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted no
Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
William Noble Andrews R-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no
Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
William Edward Cleary D-NY voted no
David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted no
Thomas Francis Smith D-NY voted no
Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY voted no
Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY voted no
James Vincent Ganly D-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Martin Luther Davey D-OH voted no
Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted no
John Joseph Babka D-OH voted no
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA voted no
Evan John Jones R-PA voted no
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Richard Smith Whaley D-SC voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Edward Coke Mann D-SC voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
James Pleasant Woods D-VA voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
Stuart Felix Reed R-WV voted no
Wells Goodykoontz R-WV voted no
Leonard Sidney Echols 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 amend S. 2085, (45 stat 537, 3-30-20)…: House Vote, Mar 17, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-179/to-amend-s-2085-45-stat-537-3-30 (accessed 2026-10-17).