To agree to 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 259–30 (HR 3184). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 147–18, Democrats 111–10, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 259
No: 30
Did not vote: 164
Date: May 4, 1920

By party

Democrats111 yes · 10 no · 81 didn’t vote
Republicans147 yes · 18 no · 83 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

George Huddleston D-AL voted no
John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne 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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