To amend H. RES. 283, providing that j.m. Beck is entitled to a seat in the house from the first district of pennsylvania, by providing that j.m. Beck is not en

On Jan 8, 1929, the House voted 78–247 (HR 283). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–184, Democrats 78–72, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 78
No: 247
Did not vote: 101
Date: Jan 8, 1929

By party

Democrats78 yes · 72 no · 48 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 184 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Mcduffie D-AL voted no
Lamar Jeffers D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
Heartsill Ragon D-AR voted no
Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR voted no
Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL voted no
William Carter Wright D-GA voted no
Samuel Rutherford D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
William Chester Lankford D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
James Thomas Igoe D-IL voted no
Homer William Hall R-IL voted yes
James Earl Major D-IL voted no
Henry DeHaven Moorman D-KY voted no
James Zacharie Spearing D-LA voted no
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA voted no
William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted no
John Joseph Douglass D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted yes
George Hamilton Combs Jr. D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
Edgar Howard D-NE voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Paul John Moore D-NJ voted no
Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
George Washington Lindsay D-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
John Francis Quayle D-NY voted no
David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted no
Anning Smith Prall D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
John Joseph Boylan D-NY voted no
William Wolfe Cohen D-NY voted no
John Francis Carew D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Royal Hurlburt Weller D-NY voted no
Frank Oliver D-NY voted no
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH voted no
John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Everette Burgess Howard D-OK voted no
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
John Joseph Casey D-PA voted no
John Jackson Mcswain D-SC voted no
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
Joseph Whitehead D-VA voted no
Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted no
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Charles August Kading R-WI voted yes
Joseph David Beck R-WI voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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