To order previous question on H.RES. 499, providing that upon adoption of same, the committee of the whole be discharged from considering H.R. 11927, providing

On Mar 19, 1920, the House voted 136–153 (HRE 499). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 117–42, Democrats 19–108, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 136
No: 153
Did not vote: 164
Date: Mar 19, 1920

By party

Democrats19 yes · 108 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans117 yes · 42 no · 89 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted yes
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
William Kettner D-CA voted yes
William Newell Vaile R-CO voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL voted no
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted yes
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
William Webb Venable D-MS voted yes
Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ voted yes
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted yes
James Paul Maher D-NY voted yes
David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted yes
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY voted yes
John Francis Carew D-NY voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH voted no
Charles Ellis Moore R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted no
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
John Reber R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Evan John Jones R-PA voted no
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted no
George Meade Bowers R-WV 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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