House roll call 288 · 66th Congress · Feb 16, 1921
To recommit to the conferees, their conference report on H.R. 11984, a bill increasing the personnel and salaries of the patent office, and authorizing the fede
On Feb 16, 1921, the House voted 142–174 (HR 11984). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 93–97, Democrats 49–76, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 142 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
- 142
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 136
- Date
- Feb 16, 1921
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 76 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Republicans93 yes · 97 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR voted yes
- William Newell Vaile R-CO voted yes
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted yes
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted yes
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE voted yes
- William Carter Wright D-GA voted yes
- William Washington Larsen D-GA voted yes
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
- Niels Juul R-IL voted yes
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted yes
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted yes
- William Johnson Graham R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL voted yes
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN voted yes
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted yes
- Everett Sanders R-IN voted yes
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
- William Robert Wood R-IN voted yes
- Milton Kraus R-IN voted yes
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted yes
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- Homer Hoch R-KS voted yes
- James George Strong R-KS voted yes
- Hays Baxter White R-KS voted yes
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted yes
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted yes
- William Jason Fields D-KY voted yes
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted yes
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted yes
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted yes
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted yes
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
- Richard Olney D-MA voted yes
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
- William Noble Andrews R-MD voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted yes
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted yes
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- William Webb Venable D-MS voted yes
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted yes
- Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted yes
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC voted yes
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE voted yes
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE voted yes
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted yes
And 62 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell 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
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Eugene Black D-TX
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John William Summers R-WA
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-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
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Lester David Volk R-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn 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
- Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- 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
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-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 Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- John Maccrate R-NY
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Israel Moore Foster R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Willis James Hulings R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Other votes
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