To pass H. R. 2376, a bill to amend SEC. 858 of the revised statutes of the United States relating to competency of witnesses. (p.1073-1)

On May 5, 1921, the House voted 286–66 (HR 2376). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 184–61, Democrats 100–5, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 66 members voted against their own party.

During the 67th Congress (1921–1922), Warren G. Harding was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 286
No: 66
Did not vote: 100
Date: May 5, 1921

By party

Democrats100 yes · 5 no · 33 didn’t vote
Republicans184 yes · 61 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
William Newell Vaile R-CO voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Caleb Rodney Layton R-DE voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Oscar Raymond Luhring R-IN voted no
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted no
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted no
Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
James George Strong R-KS voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill R-MD voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted no
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Frank Crenshaw Millspaugh R-MO voted no
Henry Franklin Lawrence R-MO voted no
Charles Lee Faust R-MO voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Néstor Montoya R-NM voted no
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted no
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Joseph Colburn Pringey R-OK voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
James Joseph Connolly R-PA voted no
Fred Benjamin Gernerd R-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted no
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
William Henry Stafford 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 2376, a bill to amend SEC. 858…: House Vote, May 5, 1921,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/67-H-13/to-pass-h-r-2376-a-bill-to-amend (accessed 2026-10-17).