To recommit H. R. 12193 (30 stat 391, july 27, 1916), a bill making appropriations for construction, repair and preser-vation of certain public works on rivers

On Apr 11, 1916, the House voted 149–199 (HR 12193). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–151, Republicans 122–52, Others 1–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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: 149
No: 199
Did not vote: 72
Date: Apr 11, 1916

By party

Democrats36 yes · 151 no · 45 didn’t vote
Republicans122 yes · 52 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 7 no

Who broke with their party

Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted yes
Edward Keating D-CO voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted yes
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted yes
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
John Robert Connelly D-KS voted yes
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted yes
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted yes
Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted yes
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
George Ross Smith R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
John Francis Carew D-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
William Barclay Charles R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
William Gordon D-OH voted yes
Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
William Scott Vare R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
Peter Edward Costello R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA voted no
Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA voted no
Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted no
William Henry Coleman R-PA voted no
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA 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

And 8 more.

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 recommit H. R. 12193 (30 stat 391, july…: House Vote, Apr 11, 1916,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-37/to-recommit-h-r-12193-30-stat-391-july (accessed 2026-10-16).