To suspend the rules of the house and pass H.R. 15873, a bill authorizing additional appropriation for federal aid in construction of post roads. (p. 2741-1)

On Feb 7, 1921, the House voted 278–58 (HR 15873). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 147–50, Democrats 131–9, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 278
No: 58
Did not vote: 114
Date: Feb 7, 1921

By party

Democrats131 yes · 9 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans147 yes · 50 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige 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
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Olney D-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Lester David Volk R-NY voted no
Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY voted no
Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT 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 suspend the rules of the house and pass…: House Vote, Feb 7, 1921,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-280/to-suspend-the-rules-of-the-house-and-pass (accessed 2026-10-17).