House roll call 27 · 70th Congress · Mar 7, 1928
To pass H.R. 9830, (p. 297, app. 4-21-28), a bill authorizing the great falls bridge co. To construct and operate a bridge across the potomac river at or near g
On Mar 7, 1928, the House voted 321–12 (HR 9830). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 169–7, Democrats 151–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 321
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Mar 7, 1928
By party
- Democrats151 yes · 5 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans169 yes · 7 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC voted no
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
- Charles August Kading R-WI voted no
- John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
- Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
- George John Schneider R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR
- James Byron Reed D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- 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
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Arthur Monroe Free R-CA
- William Elmer Evans R-CA
- Joe Crail R-CA
- Philip David Swing R-CA
- Sebastian Harrison White D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-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
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Thomas Alva Yon D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Leslie Jasper Steele D-GA
- Samuel Rutherford D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA
- Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA
- Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Cyrenus Cole R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL
- William Richard Johnson R-IL
- Charles Adkins R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James Earl Major D-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Harry Emerson Rowbottom R-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- Frank Gardner D-IN
- Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Albert Richardson Hall R-IN
- David Hogg R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- William Henry Sproul R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- William Voris Gregory D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- John William Moore D-KY
- Henry DeHaven Moorman D-KY
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY
- Orie Solomon Ware D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Henry Leland Bowles 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
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Robert Henry Clancy R-MI
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI
- John Clark Ketcham R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Grant Martin Hudson R-MI
- Bird J. Vincent R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Frank Probasco Bohn R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Allen John Furlow R-MN
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Ole Juulson Kvale O-MN
- Conrad George Selvig R-MN
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Bill Green Lowrey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Webber Wilson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Scott Leavitt R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Olger Burton Burtness R-ND
- Thomas Hall R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- John Henry Morehead D-NE
- Willis Gratz Sears R-NE
- Edgar Howard D-NE
- John Nathaniel Norton D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE
- Fletcher Hale R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Harold Giles Hoffman R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Paul John Moore D-NJ
- Franklin William Fort R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ
- John Morrow D-NM
- Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- George Washington Lindsay D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Patrick J. Carley D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Anning Smith Prall D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- William Wolfe Cohen D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Royal Hurlburt Weller D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY
- John Davenport Clarke R-NY
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. R-OH
- Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- William Wallace Chalmers R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- John Charles Speaks R-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- William Mitchell Morgan R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Fletcher B. Swank D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Benjamin Martin Golder R-PA
- George Austin Welsh R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Cyrus Maffet Palmer R-PA
- Robert Grey Bushong R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Frederick William Magrady R-PA
- Edward McMath Beers R-PA
- Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA
- Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA
- James Mitchell Chase R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Jesse Howard Swick R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Everett Kent D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Harry Allison Estep R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Louis Monast R-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Edward Everett Eslick D-TN
- Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Don Byron Colton R-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Joseph Whitehead D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- George Campbell Peery D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Elbert Sidney Brigham R-VT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI
- Carl George Bachmann R-WV
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV
- William Smith O'Brien D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Edward Theodore England R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Perry Holaday R-IL
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles August Kading R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- George John Schneider R-WI
Did not vote
- LaFayette Lee Patterson D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Pearl Peden Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Earl W. Vincent R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Morton Denison Hull R-IL
- Thomas Aloysius Doyle D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Thomas Igoe D-IL
- Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL
- Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Frank R. Reid R-IL
- John Clayton Allen R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- William Edgar Hull R-IL
- Homer William Hall R-IL
- Edward Michael Irwin R-IL
- Ralph Eugene Updike R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY
- James Zacharie Spearing D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA
- Charles Lee Underhill R-MA
- John Joseph Douglass D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Louis Adams Frothingham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Edward Nelson R-ME
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Frank Clague R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Charles Lee Faust R-MO
- David William Hopkins R-MO
- George Hamilton Combs Jr. D-MO
- James Franklin Fulbright D-MO
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Homer Le Grand Lyon D-NC
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- John Francis Quayle D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Frank Oliver D-NY
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Thaddeus C. Sweet R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Meyer Jacobstein D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- William Thomas Fitzgerald R-OH
- Charles Brand R-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR
- James Montgomery Beck R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- James Joseph Connolly R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- James Russell Leech R-PA
- Franklin Menges R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Thomas Cunningham Cochran R-PA
- Adam Martin Wyant R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- William Williamson R-SD
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Guinn Williams D-TX
- Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX
- Elmer O. Leatherwood R-UT
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Joseph David Beck R-WI
- James French Strother R-WV
- Charles Edwin Winter R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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