To instruct the house conferees to disagree to Senate amendment number twenty-three to the sundry civil appropriation bill for 1920, H.R. 6176, so as to retain

On Jun 30, 1919, the House voted 97–207 (HR 6176). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–159, Democrats 88–48. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: 97
No: 207
Did not vote: 149
Date: Jun 30, 1919

By party

Democrats88 yes · 48 no · 66 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 159 no · 80 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA voted no
William Kettner D-CA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted yes
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted yes
Richard Olney D-MA voted no
Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
Paul Burney Johnson D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
Martin Luther Davey D-OH voted no
John Joseph Babka D-OH voted no
William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted yes
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted no
Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted no
Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA 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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