House roll call 27 · 64th Congress · Mar 23, 1916
To amend H. R. 12766 by striking out section 2 - providing for fixation of atmosphere nitrogen by development of water power or other means, necessary to estab
On Mar 23, 1916, the House voted 224–180 (HR 12766). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–173, Republicans 179–10, Others 6–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 224
- No
- 180
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 23, 1916
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 173 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans179 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted yes
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted yes
- Tom Stout D-MT voted yes
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted yes
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY voted yes
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- George William Loft D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted yes
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bruckner D-NY voted yes
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted yes
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted yes
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Kent I-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- 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
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. 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
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Clarence Benjamin Miller 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
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-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
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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