To concur in the amendment to H.R. 14498, which amendment decreases the number of representatives from 483 to 435. (p. 1679-2, JP. 116-1)

On Jan 19, 1921, the House voted 268–76 (HR 14498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 153–50, Democrats 121–32, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 82 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: 268
No: 76
Did not vote: 94
Date: Jan 19, 1921

By party

Democrats121 yes · 32 no · 49 didn’t vote
Republicans153 yes · 50 no · 45 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Edwin Bruce Brooks R-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN voted no
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted no
John Samuel Benham R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
James George Strong R-KS voted no
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
Jasper Napoleon Tincher R-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Charles Franklin Ogden R-KY voted no
King Swope R-KY voted no
William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
James O'Connor D-LA voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
Whitmell Pugh Martin D-LA voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted no
Jared Young Sanders D-LA voted no
Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene 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
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
Edward Dixon Hays R-MO voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
Paul Burney Johnson D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Albert Webb Jefferis R-NE voted no
Robert Emory Evans R-NE voted no
Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE voted no
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Charles James Thompson R-OH voted no
Everette Burgess Howard D-OK voted no
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
John Haden Wilson D-PA voted no
Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
Carlos Bee D-TX voted no

And 2 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in the amendment to H.R. 14498…: House Vote, Jan 19, 1921,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-H-268/to-concur-in-the-amendment-to-h-r-14498 (accessed 2026-10-17).