House roll call 180 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To amend the army reorganization bill H.R. 12775, (41 stat 759, 6-4-1920), by providing therein for the construction service, to consist of 1 chief with rank of
On Mar 18, 1920, the House voted 159–170 (HR 12775). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–120, Democrats 94–49, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 114 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
- 159
- No
- 170
- Did not vote
- 122
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats94 yes · 49 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 120 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- John Samuel Benham R-IN voted yes
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA 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
- Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS voted no
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
- James William Collier D-MS voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no
- John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted yes
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted yes
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
- William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted yes
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM voted yes
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV voted no
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
- John Maccrate R-NY voted yes
- James Paul Maher D-NY voted no
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted no
- Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
- James William Husted R-NY voted yes
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
- James Southworth Parker R-NY voted yes
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted yes
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted yes
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted yes
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
And 34 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William David Upshaw D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland 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
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Charles James Thompson 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
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Willis James Hulings R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle 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
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John William Summers R-WA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- Lester David Volk R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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