To pass H. R. 5385, a bill providing for the disposition of asphalt, gilsinite, elateraten and other like substances on public domain. (p.10132-2)

On May 26, 1926, the House voted 197–77 (HR 5385). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 131–20, Democrats 62–56, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 members voted against their own party.

During the 69th Congress (1925–1926), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 197
No: 77
Did not vote: 91
Date: May 26, 1926

By party

Democrats62 yes · 56 no · 31 didn’t vote
Republicans131 yes · 20 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
William Carter Wright D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
William Chester Lankford D-GA voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Frank Gardner D-IN voted no
Chauncey Bundy Little D-KS voted no
William Henry Sproul R-KS voted no
Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
John William Moore D-KY voted no
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert D-KY voted no
John Joseph Douglass D-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO voted no
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted no
Charles Lee Faust R-MO voted no
Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
Samuel Collier Major D-MO voted no
William Lester Nelson D-MO voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Cleveland Alexander Newton R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
William Cicero Hammer D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Willis Gratz Sears R-NE voted no
Edgar Howard D-NE voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Martin Luther Davey D-OH voted no
John Mcsweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Samuel James Montgomery R-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
John Jackson Mcswain D-SC voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN voted no
Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted no
Edward Everett Eslick D-TN voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA voted no
Joseph Whitehead D-VA voted no
Robert Walton Moore D-VA voted no
George Campbell Peery D-VA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Voigt 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
Carl George Bachmann R-WV voted no
James French Strother R-WV voted no

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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