To pass over veto of the President S. 777, (45 stat. 735, p. 506, app. 5-24-28), an act making eligble for retirement under certain conditions officers and form

On May 24, 1928, the House voted 245–101 (S 777). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 121–73, Democrats 132–30, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 103 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: 245
No: 101
Did not vote: 85
Date: May 24, 1928

By party

Democrats132 yes · 30 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans121 yes · 73 no · 49 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Mcduffie D-AL voted no
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
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Ralph Eugene Updike R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
William Henry Sproul R-KS voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Henry Leland Bowles R-MA voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Louis Adams Frothingham R-MA voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted no
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI voted no
John Clark Ketcham 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
Bird J. Vincent R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Frank Probasco Bohn R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Walter Hughes Newton R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO voted no
Charles Lee Faust 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
Ross Alexander Collins D-MS voted no
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted no
John Nathaniel Norton D-NE voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Franklin William Fort R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted no
Meyer Jacobstein D-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Charles Ellis Moore R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted no

And 23 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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