To pass S. 843 (42 stat. 323, app. 11/23/21), a bill to amend an act of 1919 to provide relief in cases of contracts connected with the prosecution of the war.

On Nov 16, 1921, the House voted 177–137 (S 843). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 112–106, Democrats 64–31, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 137 members voted against their own party.

During the 67th Congress (1921–1922), Warren G. Harding was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 177
No: 137
Did not vote: 138
Date: Nov 16, 1921

By party

Democrats64 yes · 31 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans112 yes · 106 no · 94 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
William Bismarck Bowling D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE voted no
Frank Park D-GA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer 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
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Guy Loren Shaw R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
John Samuel Benham R-IN voted no
Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS voted no
Richard Ely Bird R-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert D-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Louis Adams Frothingham R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill R-MD voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Oscar Edward Keller R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Henry Franklin Lawrence R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Robert Emory Evans R-NE voted no
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted no
Theodore Frank Appleby R-NJ voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ voted no
Herbert Worthington Taylor R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Archibald Ernest Olpp R-NJ voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Michael Joseph Hogan R-NY voted no
Lester David Volk R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no

And 57 more.

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 S. 843 (42 stat. 323, app…: House Vote, Nov 16, 1921,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/67-H-129/to-pass-s-843-42-stat-323-app-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).