To amend H.R. 7962 (43 stat 120-5/17/24), to establish and create a rent commission for the district of columbia, by striking out all after the enacting clause

On Apr 28, 1924, the House voted 246–63 (HR 7962). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 122–44, Democrats 130–27, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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: 246
No: 63
Did not vote: 20
Date: Apr 28, 1924

By party

Democrats130 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans122 yes · 44 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
Edward Hart Fenn R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Patrick Brett O'Sullivan D-CT voted no
William Henry Boyce D-DE voted no
Robert Lee Moore D-GA voted no
William Chester Lankford D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Hiram Kinsman Evans R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Edgar Hull R-IL voted no
Allen Francis Moore R-IL voted no
Edward Edwin Miller R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
William Henry Sproul R-KS voted no
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert D-KY voted no
Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA 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
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Arthur Bruce Williams R-MI voted no
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted no
Henry Lee Jost D-MO voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
Edgar Howard D-NE voted no
William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH voted no
Elmer Hendrickson Geran D-NJ 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
John Morrow D-NM voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA voted no
George Franklin Brumm R-PA voted no
George M. Wertz R-PA voted no
Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA voted no
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted no
Harris Jacob Bixler R-PA voted no
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted no
Adam Martin Wyant R-PA voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
William Charles Salmon D-TN voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
Guinn Williams D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
James Alfred Taylor D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 7962 (43 stat 120-5/17/24), to…: House Vote, Apr 28…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/68-H-65/to-amend-h-r-7962-43-stat-120-5 (accessed 2026-10-17).