House roll call 129 · 66th Congress · Nov 17, 1919
To recommit to the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, the railroad bill H.R. 10453, with instructions to strike out section 207 which guarantees all
On Nov 17, 1919, the House voted 166–199 (HR 10453). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–167, Democrats 133–32, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 166
- No
- 199
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Nov 17, 1919
By party
- Democrats133 yes · 32 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 167 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Frank Clark D-FL voted no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Edward John King R-IL voted yes
- Homer Hoch R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
- William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
- Richard Olney D-MA voted no
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD voted no
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
- William Francis James R-MI voted yes
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- William Thomas Bland D-MO voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE voted yes
- William Edward Cleary D-NY voted no
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY voted no
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY voted no
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA voted no
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted no
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC voted no
- Eugene Black D-TX voted no
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX voted no
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX voted no
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted no
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted no
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA voted no
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted no
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI voted yes
- Edward Voigt R-WI voted yes
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI voted yes
- Florian Lampert R-WI voted yes
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
- David Guy Classon R-WI voted yes
- James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH
- Israel Moore Foster R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Willis James Hulings R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Lester David Volk R-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to the committee on interstate…: House Vote, Nov 17, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-129/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-interstate-and-foreign (accessed 2026-10-15).