House roll call 221 · 66th Congress · May 20, 1920
To amend H.R. 13558, a bill providing for the purpose of improving the facilities and service of the bureau of war risk insurance, and of further amending and m
On May 20, 1920, the House voted 150–174 (HR 13558). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 99–84, Democrats 50–89, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 134 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
- 150
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 128
- Date
- May 20, 1920
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 89 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Republicans99 yes · 84 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted yes
- George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA voted yes
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
- William Newell Vaile R-CO voted no
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA voted yes
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted yes
- William Carter Wright D-GA voted yes
- James Walter Wise D-GA voted yes
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- William Washington Larsen D-GA voted yes
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
- William Dayton Boies R-IA voted no
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Niels Juul R-IL voted no
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
- Edward John King R-IL voted no
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN voted no
- Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
- William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
- James George Strong R-KS voted no
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS voted no
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted yes
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted yes
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted yes
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted no
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
- William Francis James R-MI voted no
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- William Webb Venable D-MS voted yes
- James William Collier D-MS voted yes
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted yes
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted no
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- John Maccrate R-NY voted no
- William Edward Cleary D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY voted yes
And 54 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Israel Moore Foster R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- John William Summers R-WA
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Park D-GA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- James George Strong R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- Lester David Volk R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Willis James Hulings R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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