To discharge the committee on coinage, weights, and measures from further consideration of S. 2917, directing the secretary of the treasury to complete purchase

On Jun 5, 1924, the House voted 237–129 (S 2917). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–117, Democrats 169–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 members voted against their own party.

During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 237
No: 129
Did not vote: 20
Date: Jun 5, 1924

By party

Democrats169 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans68 yes · 117 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Philip David Swing R-CA voted yes
William Newell Vaile R-CO voted yes
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted yes
Edward Hart Fenn R-CT voted yes
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
William Henry Boyce D-DE voted no
Robert Lee Moore D-GA voted no
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted yes
Frank R. Reid R-IL voted yes
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Edward Edwin Miller R-IL voted yes
Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL voted yes
James George Strong R-KS voted yes
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
James Zacharie Spearing D-LA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted yes
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted yes
Arthur Bruce Williams R-MI voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
William Francis James R-MI voted yes
Sidney Crain Roach R-MO voted yes
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
Scott Leavitt R-MT voted yes
Hallett Sydney Ward D-NC voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
Melvin Orlando Mclaughlin R-NE voted yes
Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE voted yes
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted yes
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted yes
Charles Irwin Stengle D-NY voted no
Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted yes
Thaddeus C. Sweet R-NY voted yes
John Davenport Clarke R-NY voted yes
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted yes
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted yes
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH voted yes
Charles James Thompson R-OH voted yes
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted yes
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA voted yes
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted yes
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted yes
Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA voted yes
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted yes
Harris Jacob Bixler R-PA voted yes
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted yes
Adam Martin Wyant R-PA voted yes
Guy Edgar Campbell R-PA voted yes
Clark Burdick R-RI voted yes
Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI voted yes
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted yes
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted yes
William Williamson R-SD voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Don Byron Colton R-UT voted yes
Elmer O. Leatherwood R-UT voted yes
Albert Johnson R-WA voted yes
John William Summers R-WA voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
Charles Edwin Winter R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To discharge the committee on coinage…: House Vote, Jun 5, 1924,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/68-H-120/to-discharge-the-committee-on-coinage-weights-and-measures (accessed 2026-10-17).