To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 7959 (43 stat 121,5-1924), providing adjusted compensation for veterans of the world war. (p. 4436-1, p. 4444-1)

On Mar 18, 1924, the House voted 355–54 (HR 7959). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 180–37, Democrats 180–21, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 members voted against their own party.

During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 355
No: 54
Did not vote: 21
Date: Mar 18, 1924

By party

Democrats180 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans180 yes · 37 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Edward Hart Fenn R-CT voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
William Henry Boyce D-DE voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
William Yerger Humphreys D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Charles Browne D-NJ voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Ogden Livingston Mills R-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Parker Corning D-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
John Davenport Clarke R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. R-PA voted no
James McDevitt Magee R-PA voted no
Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX voted no
Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX voted no
Guinn Williams D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
James Murray Hooker D-VA voted no
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted no
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA 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 and pass H.R. 7959 (43…: House Vote, Mar 18, 1924,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/68-H-41/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-7959 (accessed 2026-10-17).