To elect a speaker for the 68th Congress. On this ballot, gillett received 196 votes, garrett, 198, cooper, 17, and madden, 5.

On Dec 4, 1923, the House voted 196–5. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 196–20, Democrats 198–0, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 196
No: 5
Did not vote: 26
Date: Dec 4, 1923

By party

Democrats198 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans196 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL voted no
Frank R. Reid R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Frank Clague R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Oscar Edward Keller R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
Joseph David Beck R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Hubert Haskell Peavey 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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