To recommit H. R. 15774 (39 stat. 676, sept. 1, 1916), a bill making d. C. Appropriations for fiscal 1917, with instructions to strike all after the enacting CL

On May 26, 1916, the House voted 111–173 (HR 15774). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–147, Republicans 98–28, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 111
No: 173
Did not vote: 145
Date: May 26, 1916

By party

Democrats17 yes · 147 no · 68 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 28 no · 74 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted yes
John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID voted no
Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted yes
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH voted no
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted yes
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted yes
Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted yes
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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