To adopt bill H. RES. 566, being a privileged resolution from comm. On rules for the consideration of H.R. 15539 and providing that after adoption of the rule i

On Feb 11, 1919, the House voted 205–148 (HR 15539). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 169–14, Republicans 39–136, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 205
No: 148
Did not vote: 91
Date: Feb 11, 1919

By party

Democrats169 yes · 14 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 136 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted yes
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted yes
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
John Mary Morin R-PA voted yes
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted no
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Florian Lampert R-WI voted yes
David Guy Classon 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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