To amend H.R. 16714 (p. 909, app. 3-2-1929), a bill making appropriations for the navy department and the naval service for fiscal 1930, by appropriating $300,0

On Feb 8, 1929, the House voted 155–120 (HR 16714). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–118, Democrats 127–7, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 155
No: 120
Did not vote: 157
Date: Feb 8, 1929

By party

Democrats127 yes · 7 no · 64 didn’t vote
Republicans33 yes · 118 no · 92 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted yes
Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA voted yes
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted yes
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted yes
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted yes
John Theodore Buckbee R-IL voted yes
Edward Michael Irwin R-IL voted yes
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
William Henry Sproul R-KS voted yes
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY voted yes
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted yes
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
Bird J. Vincent R-MI voted yes
Allen John Furlow R-MN voted yes
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Scott Leavitt R-MT voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV voted yes
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted no
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH voted yes
Charles James Thompson R-OH voted yes
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted yes
James Wolfenden R-PA voted yes
Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA voted yes
Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA voted yes
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted yes
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted yes
George John Schneider R-WI voted yes
Carl George Bachmann R-WV voted yes
Edward Theodore England R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 16714 (p. 909, app. 3-2-1929)…: House Vote, Feb 8, 1929,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/70-H-65/to-amend-h-r-16714-p-909-app-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).