House roll call 217 · 66th Congress · May 17, 1920
To pass the conference report on H.R. 11960, (6-4-20), a bill making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for 1921. (p. 6707-2,7168-1,7668-2,
On May 17, 1920, the House voted 97–194 (HR 11960). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 52–102, Democrats 45–89, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 97 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
- 194
- Did not vote
- 162
- Date
- May 17, 1920
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 89 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 102 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- John Mcduffie D-AL voted yes
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted yes
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA voted yes
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA voted yes
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted yes
- William Carter Wright D-GA voted yes
- William David Upshaw D-GA voted yes
- James Walter Wise D-GA voted yes
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted yes
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
- William Washington Larsen D-GA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted yes
- John Samuel Benham R-IN voted yes
- Everett Sanders R-IN voted yes
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- James George Strong R-KS voted yes
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted yes
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted yes
- King Swope R-KY voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted yes
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
- Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted yes
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted yes
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
- William Webb Venable D-MS voted yes
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS voted yes
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted yes
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted yes
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV voted yes
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
- Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
- James Southworth Parker R-NY voted yes
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- James Thomas Begg R-OH voted yes
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK voted yes
- John William Harreld R-OK voted yes
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA voted yes
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted yes
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC voted yes
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted yes
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC voted yes
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted yes
And 17 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Hugh Steel Hersman D-CA
- James Whetstone Overstreet 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 Washington Larsen D-GA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- John Samuel Benham R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- King Swope R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Paul Burney Johnson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Amos Henry Radcliffe R-NJ
- Charles Robley Evans D-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- James Thomas Begg R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Everette Burgess Howard D-OK
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Anderson Howell Walters R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Edward Coke Mann D-SC
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Lucian Walton Parrish D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- John Stanley Webster R-WA
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Lilius Bratton Rainey D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Newell Vaile R-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Park D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- William Dayton Boies R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Frank Leslie Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- Hays Baxter White R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Oscar Edward Keller O-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- William Leighton Carss O-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
- Samuel Collier Major D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Edward Dixon Hays R-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- 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
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- 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
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Daniel Francis Minahan D-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- John Maccrate R-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Richard Francis Mckiniry D-NY
- James Vincent Ganly D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Israel Moore Foster R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- John Joseph Babka D-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Evan John Jones R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Philip Henry Stoll D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carlos Bee D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- Clifford Ellsworth Randall R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- James Gideon Monahan R-WI
- John Casimir Kleczka R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Wells Goodykoontz R-WV
- Leonard Sidney Echols R-WV
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bismarck Bowling D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- John Harris Smithwick D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett 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
- William Noble Andrews R-MD
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO
- Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson R-MO
- Carl Wood Riddick R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Mitchell Brinson D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R-NJ
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Cornelius Augustine Mcglennon D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- John Brown Johnston D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- William Edward Cleary 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
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Rowan D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- William Henry Hill R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Clarence Macgregor R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Raymond Clinton Cole R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Charles Swindall R-OK
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Mclane D-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- John Reber R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Edward Schroeder Brooks R-PA
- John Haden Wilson D-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple 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
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- William Joseph Burke R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Rorer Abraham James D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the conference report on H.R. 11960…: House Vote, May 17, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-217/to-pass-the-conference-report-on-h-r-11960 (accessed 2026-10-17).