To pass S. J. RES. 186, (39 stat. 867, jan. 19, 1917), relating to the diversion of water from niagara falls, and authorizing the secretary of war, to issue tem

On Jan 4, 1917, the House voted 247–82 (SJR 186). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 122–55, Republicans 122–25, Others 4–2, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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: 247
No: 82
Did not vote: 110
Date: Jan 4, 1917

By party

Democrats122 yes · 55 no · 55 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no
Republicans122 yes · 25 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oscar Lee Gray D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Frank Park D-GA voted no
William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted no
Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
William Elza Williams D-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
Joseph Taggart D-KS voted no
John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
William Henry David Murray D-OK voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
Joe Henry Eagle D-TX voted no
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted no
Edward Cooper R-WV voted no
Howard Sutherland R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. J. RES. 186, (39 stat. 867, jan…: House Vote, Jan 4, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-105/to-pass-s-j-res-186-39-stat-867 (accessed 2026-10-17).