To amend H.R. 10286, by appropriating $500,000 for the operation of the small arms firing school and the conducting of national matches. (p. 2849-2, 2850-1)

On Feb 10, 1928, the House voted 242–118 (HR 10286). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 114–97, Democrats 140–33, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 130 members voted against their own party.

During the 70th Congress (1927–1928), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 242
No: 118
Did not vote: 57
Date: Feb 10, 1928

By party

Democrats140 yes · 33 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans114 yes · 97 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

John Mcduffie D-AL voted no
William Bismarck Bowling D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
Leslie Jasper Steele D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA voted no
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
William Richard Johnson R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Bird J. Vincent R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Frank Clague R-MN voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted no
Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted no
Charles Lee Faust R-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
William Cicero Hammer D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted no
Thomas Hall R-ND voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Franklin William Fort R-NJ voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no

And 50 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 amend H.R. 10286, by appropriating…: House Vote, Feb 10, 1928,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/70-H-18/to-amend-h-r-10286-by-appropriating-500-000 (accessed 2026-10-17).