To suspend rules and pass S. 2005 (6/23/26), a bill for the enlargement of the capitol grounds. (p.11710-2)

On Jun 21, 1926, the House voted 214–68 (S 2005). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 149–5, Democrats 65–60, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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: 214
No: 68
Did not vote: 107
Date: Jun 21, 1926

By party

Democrats65 yes · 60 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans149 yes · 5 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
James Byron Reed D-AR voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted no
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
William Carter Wright D-GA voted no
Samuel Rutherford D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
William Chester Lankford D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
William Wright Arnold D-IL voted no
Chauncey Bundy Little D-KS voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO voted no
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-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
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Thomas Webber Wilson D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Homer Le Grand Lyon D-NC voted no
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
Edgar Howard D-NE voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
Fletcher B. Swank D-OK voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted no
Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
John Jackson Mcswain D-SC voted no
William Francis Stevenson D-SC voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
John Calvin Box D-TX voted no
Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
Clay Stone Briggs D-TX voted no
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
George Campbell Peery D-VA voted no
Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
James Alfred Taylor D-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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass S. 2005 (6/23/26)…: House Vote, Jun 21, 1926,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/69-H-72/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-s-2005-6-23 (accessed 2026-10-16).