To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 7358. (p. 7893-1)

On May 5, 1924, the House voted 140–165. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 147–37, Democrats 16–152, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 140
No: 165
Did not vote: 69
Date: May 5, 1924

By party

Democrats16 yes · 152 no · 34 didn’t vote
Republicans147 yes · 37 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

William Joshua Driver D-AR voted yes
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Mae Ella Nolan R-CA voted no
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
Walter Franklin Lineberger R-CA voted no
William Henry Boyce D-DE voted yes
William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
William Dayton Boies R-IA voted no
Frank R. Reid R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
Joseph Watkins Morris D-KY voted yes
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted yes
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Oscar Edward Keller R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
William Yerger Humphreys D-MS voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Elmer Hendrickson Geran D-NJ voted yes
Charles Browne D-NJ voted yes
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Israel Moore Foster R-OH voted no
William Mitchell Morgan R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted no
Guinn Williams D-TX voted yes
Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted yes
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted yes
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI 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
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted no
Robert Edward Lee Allen D-WV 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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