To agree to the amendment to H.R. 12272, which amendment reduces from $125,000 to $101,000 the appropriation for the investigations of insects and vermin destru

On Feb 14, 1920, the House voted 144–173 (HR 12272). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 141–38, Democrats 3–132, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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: 144
No: 173
Did not vote: 136
Date: Feb 14, 1920

By party

Democrats3 yes · 132 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans141 yes · 38 no · 69 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
William Newell Vaile R-CO voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN voted no
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
James George Strong R-KS voted no
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
King Swope R-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
Edward Dixon Hays R-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
Israel Moore Foster R-OH voted no
Charles Ellis Moore R-OH voted no
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted no
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
John William Harreld R-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
James Gideon Monahan R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no

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 agree to the amendment to H.R. 12272…: House Vote, Feb 14, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-159/to-agree-to-the-amendment-to-h-r-12272 (accessed 2026-10-17).