House roll call 258 · 63rd Congress · Feb 15, 1915
To adjourn in order to determin whether a quorum is present to continue consideration of the bill H. R. 12292. (p.3833)
On Feb 15, 1915, the House voted 93–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 92–53, Republicans 1–57, Others 0–4, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 93
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 245
- Date
- Feb 15, 1915
By party
- Democrats92 yes · 53 no · 159 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Republicans1 yes · 57 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO voted no
- Edward Keating D-CO voted no
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT voted no
- William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted no
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL voted no
- James McMahon Graham D-IL voted no
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted no
- Charles Lieb D-IN voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
- John Barney Peterson D-IN voted no
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
- Cyrus Cline D-IN voted no
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted no
- Edward Gilmore D-MA voted no
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- Michael Joseph Gill D-MO voted no
- Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted no
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH voted no
- Allan Bartholomew Walsh D-NJ voted no
- Herman August Metz D-NY voted no
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted no
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted no
- John Henry Goeke D-OH voted no
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH voted no
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
- Michael Donohoe D-PA voted no
- James Washington Logue D-PA voted no
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Oscar Mulkey D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Franklin Brockson D-DE
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA
- Frank Trimble O'Hair D-IL
- Charles Martin Borchers D-IL
- William Nicolas Baltz D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- 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
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Jacob Thompson Baker D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Lathrop Brown D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- John Richard Clancy D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Stanley Eyre Bowdle D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Franklin Lewis Dershem D-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Horace Worth Vaughan D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Charles Webster Bell R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Harry Hunter Seldomridge D-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- William Henry Hinebaugh O-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Louis Fitzhenry D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- John Barney Peterson D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Edward Gilmore D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- 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
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Francis Oscar Lindquist R-MI
- William Josiah Macdonald O-MI
- 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
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Michael Joseph Gill D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Silas Reynolds Barton R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Allan Bartholomew Walsh D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Herman August Metz D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- James Washington Logue D-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Jacob Alexander Falconer O-WA
- James Wesley Bryan O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Christopher Columbus Harris D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- George John Kindel D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Bryan Francis Mahan D-CT
- Jeremiah Donovan D-CT
- William Kennedy D-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Claude L'Engle D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Henry Vollmer D-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Maurice Connolly D-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- George Edmund Gorman D-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Marsh Thomson O-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Hoxworth D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Robert Potter Hill D-IL
- Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- James Walter Elder D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Frederick Simpson Deitrick D-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Thomas Chandler Thacher D-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Owens Smith D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Forrest Goodwin R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff O-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Manahan R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Eugene Elliott Reed D-NH
- Thomas Joseph Scully 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
- 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
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- James Henry O'Brien D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Timothy Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten 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
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Benjamin Irving Taylor D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- George Mcclellan D-NY
- Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck D-NY
- Samuel Wallin R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Robert Henry Gittins D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Claude Weaver D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Wooda Nicholas Carr D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple O-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Willis James Hulings O-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters 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
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Jacob Johnson R-UT
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Samuel Brashear Avis R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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