House roll call 234 · 66th Congress · May 28, 1920
To agree to the conference report on H.R. 12775, (41 stat 759, 6-4-1920), a bill amending the 1916 act relative to national defense. (p. 7813, 23, 7844)
On May 28, 1920, the House voted 237–107 (HR 12775). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 179–12, Democrats 59–93, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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
- 237
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 107
- Date
- May 28, 1920
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 93 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Republicans179 yes · 12 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA voted yes
- William Carter Wright D-GA voted yes
- William David Upshaw D-GA voted yes
- James Walter Wise D-GA voted yes
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
- John William Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA voted yes
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- Richard Olney D-MA voted yes
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD voted yes
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- William Thomas Bland D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted yes
- John Brown Johnston D-NY voted yes
- James Paul Maher D-NY voted yes
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY voted yes
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Francis Carew D-NY voted yes
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY voted yes
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted yes
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted yes
- John Joseph Babka D-OH voted yes
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK voted yes
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted yes
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN voted yes
- Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
- Carlos Bee D-TX voted yes
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX voted yes
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted yes
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted yes
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted yes
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted yes
- Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
- Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- George Meade Bowers R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige 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
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- 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
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling 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 Vincent Ganly D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Israel Moore Foster R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-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
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young 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
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
Did not vote
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan 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
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott 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
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- 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
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- William Edward Cleary 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
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-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
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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