To concur in a Senate amendment to H.R. 5773 (45 ST. 1057, app. 12-21-1928), a bill to provide for the construction of works for the protection and development

On Dec 18, 1928, the House voted 167–122 (HR 5773). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–81, Democrats 87–45, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 126 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: 167
No: 122
Did not vote: 145
Date: Dec 18, 1928

By party

Democrats87 yes · 45 no · 66 didn’t vote
Republicans84 yes · 81 no · 78 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL voted no
Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted no
Thomas Alva Yon D-FL voted no
Leslie Jasper Steele D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Earl W. Vincent R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
James Thomas Igoe D-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
James Earl Major D-IL voted no
Edward Michael Irwin R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
David Hogg R-IN voted no
William Henry Sproul R-KS voted no
James George Strong R-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Henry DeHaven Moorman D-KY voted no
Henry Leland Bowles R-MA voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
George Russell Stobbs R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI voted no
John Clark Ketcham R-MI voted no
Grant Martin Hudson R-MI voted no
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted no
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Clyde Williams D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no
Fletcher Hale R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted no
John Davenport Clarke R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted no
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Charles Brand R-OH voted no
William Wallace Chalmers R-OH voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted no
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted no
Harry Clay Ransley R-PA voted no
James Joseph Connolly R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no

And 46 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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