House roll call 209 · 66th Congress · May 4, 1920
To recommit the conference report on H.R. 3184, (41 stat 1063, 6-10-20), a bill to create a federal power commission to provide for the improvement of navigatio
On May 4, 1920, the House voted 86–209 (HR 3184). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–140, Democrats 59–68, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 84 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
- 86
- No
- 209
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- May 4, 1920
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 68 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 140 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Mcduffie D-AL voted yes
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted yes
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted yes
- George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted yes
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted yes
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted yes
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted yes
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE voted yes
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- John William Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Edward John King R-IL voted yes
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- James O'Connor D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted yes
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV voted yes
- John Maccrate R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted yes
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY voted yes
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY voted yes
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted yes
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH voted yes
- John Joseph Babka D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted yes
- Patrick Mclane D-PA voted yes
- John Joseph Casey D-PA voted yes
- John Haden Wilson D-PA voted yes
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- Cordell Hull D-TN voted yes
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN voted yes
- John Calvin Box D-TX voted yes
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted yes
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted yes
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Mays D-UT voted yes
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA voted yes
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA voted yes
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Edward Voigt R-WI voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- 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
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Clark 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
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer 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
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Thomas Bland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE
- Robert Emory Evans R-NE
- Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns 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
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- John William Harreld R-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Lester David Volk R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Nathan David Perlman R-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Willis James Hulings R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- John William Summers R-WA
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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