House roll call 100 · 64th Congress · Dec 18, 1916
To pass H. R. 17020, a bill relating to appropriation for the benefit of the aviation corps of the war dept. And repealing the provisions of certain acts relati
On Dec 18, 1916, the House voted 229–89 (HR 17020). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 88–73, Republicans 138–14, Others 3–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 87 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 229
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 122
- Date
- Dec 18, 1916
By party
- Democrats88 yes · 73 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans138 yes · 14 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE voted no
- William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
- Frank Park D-GA voted no
- James Walter Wise D-GA voted no
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
- Edward John King R-IL voted no
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
- William Elza Williams D-IL voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
- Joseph Taggart D-KS voted no
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted no
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted no
- Richard Olney D-MA voted no
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- William Francis James R-MI voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
- Tom Stout D-MT voted no
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted no
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted no
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted no
- William Gordon D-OH voted no
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- William Henry David Murray D-OK voted no
- John Joseph Casey D-PA voted no
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA voted no
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted no
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
And 7 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
Did not vote
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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