To pass S. 2116, increasing the salary of the United States district attorney for the district of rhode island. (p. 2643-1)

On Feb 3, 1919, the House voted 113–96 (S 2116). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–64, Democrats 66–31, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 members voted against their own party.

During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 113
No: 96
Did not vote: 246
Date: Feb 3, 1919

By party

Democrats66 yes · 31 no · 129 didn’t vote
Republicans43 yes · 64 no · 116 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Niels Juul R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted yes
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted yes
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted yes
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted yes
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted yes
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
James Young D-TX voted no
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI 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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