To recommit H.R. 8819, a bill to amend the 1920 army appropriation bill, to the committee on military affairs, with instructions to report above bill back immed

On Dec 13, 1919, the House voted 153–161 (HR 8819). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 46–132, Democrats 105–28, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 members voted against their own party.

During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 153
No: 161
Did not vote: 139
Date: Dec 13, 1919

By party

Democrats105 yes · 28 no · 69 didn’t vote
Republicans46 yes · 132 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted yes
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted yes
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
John Samuel Benham R-IN voted yes
Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA voted yes
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted yes
Edward Dixon Hays R-MO voted yes
Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO voted yes
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted yes
Frank Crowther R-NY voted yes
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted yes
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH voted yes
Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH voted yes
Israel Moore Foster R-OH voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted yes
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
John Marshall Rose R-PA voted yes
Evan John Jones R-PA voted yes
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
John Mary Morin R-PA voted yes
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland 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
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted yes
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit H.R. 8819, a bill to amend the…: House Vote, Dec 13, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-133/to-recommit-h-r-8819-a-bill-to-amend (accessed 2026-10-16).