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Senate Journal of the State of West Virginia, Extraordinary Session, 1920 and Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of West Virginia for the Extraordinary Session, 1920


Legislative Vote on the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment

Senate vote

Ayes:

Jesse A. Bloch (R), Ohio County
Sanford L. Cobun (R), Preston County
Raymond Dodson (R), Roane County
Michael K. Duty (R), Ritchie County
Fred L. Fox (D), Braxton County
Harvey W. Harmer (R), Harrison County
Herman G. Johnson (R), Randolph County
Garnett K. Kump (D), Hampshire County
Eskridge H. Morton (D), Webster County
William L. Poling (R), Mason County
Joseph M. Sanders (R), Mercer County
Charles A. Sinsel (R), Taylor County
Edgar R. Staats (R), Wood County
Edgar B. Stewart (R), Monongalia County
Henry G. Vencill (D), Nicholas County

Noes:

Gohen C. Arnold (R), Upshur County
Walter F. Burgess (R), Wetzel County
Milton Burr (D), Jefferson County
Floyd S. Chapman (R), Cabell County
Carl C. Coalter (R), Summers County
Julius E. Frazier (D), Putnam County
Wallace B. Gribble (R), Doddridge County
George B. Harmon (R), Grant County
Elmer Hough (R), Brooke County
Carl H. Hunter (R), Marshall County
Joseph S. Lewis (R), Fayette County
John W. Luther (R), McDowell County
A. E. Scherr (R), Kanawha County
William York (R), Mingo County


House Vote

Ayes:

Luther C. Anderson (R), McDowell County
Harry Blackhurst (R), Pocahontas County
Robert Bland (D), Logan County
Gordon R. Blizzard (R), Fayette County
Frank M. Brand (R), Monongalia County
Richard F. Brammer (R), Cabell County
George W. Byrnes (R), Marshall County
David E. Cuppett (R), Tucker County
William K. Ferguson (D), Wayne County
Oden W. Fitch (R), Cabell County
John W. Fortney (R), Harrison County
E. Vernon Fortney (R), Preston County
Roy C. Grove (R), Berkeley County
M. F. Hamilton (D), Marion County
French N. Hays (D), Gilmer County
George B. Hendricks (R), Kanawha County
Alexander M. Hersman (R), Roane County
John B. Hilleary (R), Upshur County
James H. Hobbs (R), Summers County
William S. John (R), Monongalia County
Philip L. Jones (R), Wood County
Albert J. Kern (D), Marion County
Thomas J. Mahan (R), Brooke County
Jettes Mollohan (D), Nicholas County
Walter M. Morris (R), Harrison County
J. William Moulds (R), Hancock County
James Q. Musser (R), Lewis County
William L. McPherson (R), Wood County
Jacob A. Neal (D), Webster County
James G. O’Connor (D), Randolph County
William T. Otto (R), Ohio County
Charles G. Peck (D), Wayne County
George L. Rankin (R), Jackson County
E. Clyde Scott (R), Raleigh County
Edgar L. Spangler (R), Monroe County
William E. Starcher (R), Harrison County
K. H. Stover (R), Mineral County
George W. Sturm (R), Harrison County
Columbus W. Taylor (R), Putnam County
Rice Thomas (D), Mingo County
Benjamin R. Twyman (R), Ritchie County
Lorenzo D. Vaughn (R), Taylor County
Harry A. Weiss (R), Ohio County
Samuel A. Williams (R), Ohio County
Joe Williams (R), Pleasants County
J. L. Wolfe (R), Jackson County
A. F. Wysong (R), Mercer County (Note: A “no” vote switched to “aye” for privilege to move to reconsider)

Noes:

G. T. Bannister (R), Fayette County
Albert B. C. Bray (D), Greenbrier County
Harry J. Capehart (R), McDowell County
Edward J. Clements (R), Kanawha County
James Coberly (D), Randolph County
John V. Coleman (R), Fayette County
Ernest E. Coon (R), Boone County
W. R. Godfrey (R), Mercer County
Orville Hackney (R), Kanawha County
Clarence C. Hale (R), McDowell County
Septimius Hall (D), Wetzel County
L. T. Harvey (D), Braxton County
Frank R. Hickman (R), Tyler County
Nick Houvouras (R), Cabell County
George C. Howard (R), Doddridge County
James S. Kuykendall (D), Hampshire County
Lewis E. Lantz (D), Wetzel County
Kenna Lester (D), Calhoun County
Judson R. Miller (D), Marion County
Everett F. Moore (R), Marshall County
Drury D. Moran (R), Wyoming County
George W. McCauley (D), Hardy County
William J. McClaren (R), McDowell County
George W. McClintic (R), Kanawha County
George W. McDermitt (R), Mason County
James M. McVey (R), Fayette County
Tol S. Neale (R), Cabell County
Thomas G. Nutter (R), Kanawha County
Samuel L. Parsons (R), Mason County
Mack H. Pedigo (R), Mercer County
Nelson E. Perin (R), Morgan County
Bernard J. Pettigrew (R), Kanawha County
John S. Pridemore (R), Lincoln County
Howard Campbell Richards (R), Ohio County
M. O. Rouss (D), Jefferson County
Arta F. Shomo (R), Barbour County
Patrick M. Summers (D), Clay County
James J. Swisher (R), Wood County
Joseph S. Thurmond (D), Greenbrier County
George S. Van Meter (R), Grant County


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