To pass H. RES. 268, providing that the speaker do issue his warrant, directed to sergeant at arms, commanding him to take in custody h. Snowden marshall of new

On Jun 20, 1916, the House voted 209–85 (HRE 268). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 150–18, Republicans 58–69, Others 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 209
No: 85
Did not vote: 139
Date: Jun 20, 1916

By party

Democrats150 yes · 18 no · 64 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 69 no · 73 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
James Jefferson Britt R-NC voted yes
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM voted yes
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
Harry Howard Dale D-NY voted no
Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted yes
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
Solomon Taylor North R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted yes
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
Edward Cooper R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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