House roll call 103 · 69th Congress · Feb 28, 1927
To suspend rules and pass H. R. 16507 (3/2/27), a bill to authorize an increase in the limit in the case of certain naval vessels.
On Feb 28, 1927, the House voted 245–111 (HR 16507). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 148–47, Democrats 97–59, Others 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 106 members voted against their own party.
During the 69th Congress (1925–1926), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 245
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 28, 1927
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 59 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans148 yes · 47 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL voted no
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL voted no
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR voted no
- James Byron Reed D-AR voted no
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted no
- Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA voted no
- Thomas John Bright Robinson 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
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
- Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
- Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL voted no
- Frank Hamilton Funk R-IL voted no
- William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
- Charles Adkins R-IL voted no
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
- William Wright Arnold D-IL voted no
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
- Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL voted no
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted no
- Frank Gardner D-IN voted no
- Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN voted no
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
- Chauncey Bundy Little D-KS voted no
- William Henry Sproul R-KS voted no
- Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
- James George Strong R-KS voted no
- Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
- James O'Connor D-LA voted no
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- Allen John Furlow R-MN voted no
- Frank Clague R-MN voted no
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
- Oscar Edward Keller R-MN voted no
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted no
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO voted no
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
- Thomas Webber Wilson D-MS voted no
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC voted no
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
- John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
- Edgar Howard D-NE voted no
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
- Meyer Jacobstein D-NY voted no
- Charles Brand R-OH voted no
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
- John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
- Fletcher B. Swank D-OK voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted no
- Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
And 26 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Arthur Monroe Free R-CA
- Walter Franklin Lineberger R-CA
- Philip David Swing R-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Edward Hart Fenn R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Robert Griffith Houston R-DE
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Samuel Rutherford D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Cyrenus Cole R-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Thomas Aloysius Doyle D-IL
- Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Frank R. Reid R-IL
- William Richard Johnson R-IL
- John Clayton Allen R-IL
- William Edgar Hull R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Ralph Eugene Updike R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Albert Richardson Hall R-IN
- David Hogg R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- John William Moore D-KY
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- James Zacharie Spearing D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA
- George Russell Stobbs R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Charles Lee Underhill R-MA
- John Joseph Douglass D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill R-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Edward Nelson R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI
- John Clark Ketcham R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Bird J. Vincent R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Charles Lee Faust R-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Scott Leavitt R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Homer Le Grand Lyon D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Olger Burton Burtness R-ND
- Thomas Hall R-ND
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE
- Fletcher Hale R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- Herbert Worthington Taylor R-NJ
- Franklin William Fort R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- George Washington Lindsay D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Francis Quayle D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Frank Oliver D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Thaddeus C. Sweet R-NY
- Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY
- Harold Sumner Tolley R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH
- William Thomas Fitzgerald R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- William Wallace Chalmers R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- William Mitchell Morgan R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Samuel James Montgomery R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Maurice Edgar Crumpacker R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Benjamin Martin Golder R-PA
- George Austin Welsh R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA
- Edmund Nelson Carpenter R-PA
- George Franklin Brumm R-PA
- Charles Joseph Esterly R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Frederick William Magrady R-PA
- Edward McMath Beers R-PA
- Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA
- Franklin Menges R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- William Radford Coyle R-PA
- Adam Martin Wyant R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- James McDevitt Magee R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI
- Jeremiah Edward O'Connell D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Don Byron Colton R-UT
- Elmer O. Leatherwood R-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Joseph Whitehead D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- George Campbell Peery D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Elbert Sidney Brigham R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- Carl George Bachmann R-WV
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV
- Charles Edwin Winter R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR
- James Byron Reed D-AR
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA
- Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA
- Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Morton Denison Hull R-IL
- Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL
- Frank Hamilton Funk R-IL
- William Perry Holaday R-IL
- Charles Adkins R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- Frank Gardner D-IN
- Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Chauncey Bundy Little D-KS
- William Henry Sproul R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Allen John Furlow R-MN
- Frank Clague R-MN
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller R-MN
- Ole Juulson Kvale O-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Knud Wefald O-MN
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Bill Green Lowrey D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Thomas Webber Wilson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- John Henry Morehead D-NE
- Edgar Howard D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia O-NY
- Meyer Jacobstein D-NY
- Charles Brand R-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- John Charles Speaks R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Fletcher B. Swank D-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- William Williamson R-SD
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Edward Everett Eslick D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Guinn Williams D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Joseph David Beck R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- George John Schneider R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI
- James Alfred Taylor D-WV
Voted present
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Louis Adams Frothingham R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- John Bartholomew Sosnowski R-MI
- Grant Martin Hudson R-MI
- Charles Edward Kiefner R-MO
- Ralph Emerson Bailey R-MO
- Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- John Morrow D-NM
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Anning Smith Prall D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Ogden Livingston Mills R-NY
- Royal Hurlburt Weller D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- James Joseph Connolly R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- John Marshall Wolverton R-WV
- James French Strother R-WV
Did not vote
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Lawrence James Flaherty R-CA
- John Donnan Fredericks R-CA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- John Jerome Gorman R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Edward Michael Irwin R-IL
- Harry Emerson Rowbottom R-IN
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Andrew Jackson Kirk R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Leland Bowles R-MA
- Harry Irving Thayer R-MA
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Willis Gratz Sears R-NE
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- Stewart Hoffman Appleby R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Joshua William Swartz R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- William Irvin Swoope R-PA
- Harris Jacob Bixler R-PA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass H. R. 16507…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1927,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/69-H-103/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-h-r-16507-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).