To pass H.RES. 161, authorizing the house to resolve itself into the committee of the whole and take up H.R. 6810. (p. 2281-1)

On Jul 8, 1919, the House voted 229–58 (HRE 161). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 136–26, Democrats 95–36, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 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: 229
No: 58
Did not vote: 158
Date: Jul 8, 1919

By party

Democrats95 yes · 36 no · 71 didn’t vote
Republicans136 yes · 26 no · 86 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
John William Rainey D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
James O'Connor D-LA voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA voted no
Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted no
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO voted no
William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted no
Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ voted no
Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ voted no
Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted no
John Maccrate R-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
James Paul Maher D-NY voted no
David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY voted no
Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted no
Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH voted no
Warren Gard D-OH voted no
Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted no
John Joseph Babka D-OH voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Patrick Mclane D-PA voted no
Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA voted no
Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA voted no
Henry Joseph Steele D-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted no
William Joseph Burke R-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Carlos Bee D-TX voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI 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 pass H.RES. 161, authorizing the house to…: House Vote, Jul 8, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-26/to-pass-h-res-161-authorizing-the-house-to (accessed 2026-10-17).