House roll call 107 · 64th Congress · Jan 4, 1917
To pass H. RES. 414, providing for considerstion of the H. J. RES. 323, amending a joint resolution creating a joint sub-committee to investigate conditions rel
On Jan 4, 1917, the House voted 145–167 (HRE 414). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 139–31, Republicans 7–138, Others 2–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 145
- No
- 167
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Jan 4, 1917
By party
- Democrats139 yes · 31 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans7 yes · 138 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted no
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
- Richard Olney D-MA voted no
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted no
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted yes
- Eugene Black D-TX voted no
- Martin Dies D-TX voted no
- James Young D-TX voted no
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier 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
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-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
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen 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
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- 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
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt 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
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene 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
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- David John Lewis 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
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- 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
- George William Loft D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford 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
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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