To pass H.R. 8141, authorizing additional employees for the federal power commission.

On Mar 21, 1928, the House voted 168–180 (HR 8141). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 162–32, Democrats 8–146, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 168
No: 180
Did not vote: 93
Date: Mar 21, 1928

By party

Democrats8 yes · 146 no · 44 didn’t vote
Republicans162 yes · 32 no · 49 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Charles Adkins R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
David Hogg R-IN voted no
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA voted yes
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Frank Clague R-MN voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Bill Green Lowrey D-MS voted yes
William Madison Whittington D-MS voted yes
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted yes
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
William Wallace Chalmers R-OH voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted no
Harry Clay Ransley R-PA voted no
George Austin Welsh R-PA voted no
Franklin Menges R-PA voted no
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted no
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
William Williamson R-SD voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted yes
Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Charles August Kading 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
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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