To amend H.R. 9481, (45 stat. 573, app. 5-16-28), a bill making appropriations for the executive offices and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commi

On Jan 24, 1928, the House voted 214–118 (HR 9481). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 69–113, Democrats 148–9, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 members voted against their own party.

During the 70th Congress (1927–1928), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 214
No: 118
Did not vote: 102
Date: Jan 24, 1928

By party

Democrats148 yes · 9 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans69 yes · 113 no · 61 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James Byron Reed D-AR voted no
Philip David Swing R-CA voted yes
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted yes
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted yes
Henry Riggs Rathbone R-IL voted yes
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted yes
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted yes
James George Strong R-KS voted yes
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted yes
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted yes
Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY voted yes
John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted yes
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted yes
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted no
Charles Lee Faust R-MO voted yes
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
Willis Gratz Sears R-NE voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY voted yes
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted yes
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH voted yes
Charles Brand R-OH voted yes
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted yes
Charles Ellis Moore R-OH voted yes
William Mitchell Morgan R-OH voted yes
William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted yes
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
Robert Grey Bushong R-PA voted yes
Edward McMath Beers R-PA voted yes
Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA voted yes
James Russell Leech R-PA voted yes
James Mitchell Chase R-PA voted yes
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
Jesse Howard Swick R-PA voted yes
Adam Martin Wyant R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted yes
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted yes
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted yes
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
Don Byron Colton R-UT voted yes
Joseph Thomas Deal D-VA voted no
Joseph Whitehead D-VA voted no
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted yes
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted yes
John William Summers R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted yes
Joseph David Beck R-WI voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
George John Schneider R-WI voted yes
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted yes
Carl George Bachmann R-WV voted yes
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV voted yes
Edward Theodore England R-WV voted yes
Charles Edwin Winter R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 9481, (45 stat. 573, app…: House Vote, Jan 24, 1928,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/70-H-12/to-amend-h-r-9481-45-stat-573-app (accessed 2026-10-16).