To amend H.R. 10286 (p. 181, app. 3-23-28), a bill making appropriations for the military and non-military activities of the war department for fiscal 1929, by

On Feb 10, 1928, the House voted 268–95 (HR 10286). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 136–79, Democrats 146–27, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 106 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: 268
No: 95
Did not vote: 53
Date: Feb 10, 1928

By party

Democrats146 yes · 27 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans136 yes · 79 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

John Mcduffie D-AL voted no
William Bismarck Bowling D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
William Richard Johnson R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
James Earl Major D-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Homer Hoch R-KS voted no
Hays Baxter White R-KS voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Grant Martin Hudson R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Frank Clague R-MN voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted no
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted no
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted no
Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
William Cicero Hammer D-NC voted no
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Clarence Macgregor R-NY voted no
William Thomas Fitzgerald R-OH voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
James Thomas Begg R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
James Montgomery Beck R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
James Joseph Connolly R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
Robert Grey Bushong R-PA voted no
Frederick William Magrady R-PA voted no
Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA voted no

And 26 more.

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. 10286 (p. 181, app. 3-23-28)…: House Vote, Feb 10, 1928,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/70-H-17/to-amend-h-r-10286-p-181-app-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).