House roll call 254 · 63rd Congress · Feb 8, 1915
On motion that the house resolve itself into committee of the whole on the state of the union and consider the sundry civil appropriation bill for 1916 (H. R. 2
On Feb 8, 1915, the House voted 168–106 (HR 21318). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 95–99, Republicans 77–9, Others 2–3, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 104 members voted against their own party.
During the 63rd Congress (1913–1914), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 168
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Feb 8, 1915
By party
- Democrats95 yes · 99 no · 110 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Republicans77 yes · 9 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
- William Kettner D-CA voted yes
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO voted yes
- Edward Keating D-CO voted yes
- William Kennedy D-CT voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- Henry Vollmer D-IA voted yes
- Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA voted yes
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Hoxworth D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL voted yes
- Charles Martin Borchers D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- James McMahon Graham D-IL voted yes
- William Nicolas Baltz D-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted yes
- Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL voted yes
- Charles Lieb D-IN voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
- Cyrus Cline D-IN voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Taggart D-KS voted yes
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
- Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Chandler Thacher D-MA voted yes
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted yes
- James Manahan R-MN voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted yes
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- Michael Joseph Gill D-MO voted yes
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted yes
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted yes
- Perl D. Decker D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- Tom Stout D-MT voted yes
- Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted no
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted yes
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted yes
- Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE voted no
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH voted yes
- William John Browning R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Thompson Baker D-NJ voted yes
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted yes
- Lathrop Brown D-NY voted yes
- James Paul Maher D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted yes
- John Richard Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
And 24 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- William Kennedy D-CT
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Henry Vollmer D-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- William Henry Hinebaugh O-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Hoxworth D-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL
- Charles Martin Borchers D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William Nicolas Baltz D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Thomas Chandler Thacher D-MA
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Michael Joseph Gill D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH
- Jacob Thompson Baker D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Lathrop Brown D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Samuel Wallin R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- John Richard Clancy D-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Franklin Lewis Dershem D-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Jacob Johnson R-UT
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Jacob Alexander Falconer O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- William Oscar Mulkey D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- William Kent I-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Jeremiah Donovan D-CT
- Franklin Brockson D-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Charles Marsh Thomson O-IL
- Frank Trimble O'Hair D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Owens Smith D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- William Josiah Macdonald O-MI
- James Manahan R-MN
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck D-NY
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Claude Weaver D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Horace Worth Vaughan D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- James Wesley Bryan O-WA
Did not vote
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Christopher Columbus Harris D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Webster Bell R-CA
- George John Kindel D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Bryan Francis Mahan D-CT
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Claude L'Engle D-FL
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Maurice Connolly D-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- George Edmund Gorman D-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Robert Potter Hill D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- John Barney Peterson D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Walter Elder D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Frederick Simpson Deitrick D-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Edward Gilmore D-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Forrest Goodwin R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff O-MI
- Francis Oscar Lindquist R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Eugene Elliott Reed D-NH
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Allan Bartholomew Walsh D-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Lewis J. Martin D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Robert Gunn Bremner D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Denis O'Leary D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- James Henry O'Brien D-NY
- Herman August Metz D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Timothy Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Jacob Aaron Cantor D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Benjamin Irving Taylor D-NY
- George Mcclellan D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Robert Henry Gittins D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Stanley Eyre Bowdle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- James Washington Logue D-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Wooda Nicholas Carr D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple O-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Willis James Hulings O-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Arthur Ringwalt Rupley R-PA
- Fred Ewing Lewis R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Young D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- Samuel Brashear Avis R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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