House roll call 110 · 64th Congress · Jan 15, 1917
To resolve the house into the committee of the whole for further consideration of H. R. 14816, a bill providing for the use of the public schools in the distric
On Jan 15, 1917, the House voted 132–203 (HR 14816). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 91–86, Republicans 37–114, Others 3–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 123 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
- 132
- No
- 203
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Jan 15, 1917
By party
- Democrats91 yes · 86 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Republicans37 yes · 114 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
- William Kettner D-CA voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT voted yes
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- Frank Clark D-FL voted no
- William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
- Frank Park D-GA voted no
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
- William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
- James Walter Wise D-GA voted no
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA voted no
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
- John Randall Walker D-GA voted no
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA voted no
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
- Cyrus Cline D-IN voted no
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
- Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted no
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA voted no
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted no
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- Richard Olney D-MA voted no
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
- John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
- William Francis James R-MI voted yes
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted no
- Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
- James William Collier D-MS voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH voted yes
And 43 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-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
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- 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
- Cassius Clay Dowell 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
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-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
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton 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
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- 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
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- James William Husted 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
- 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
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
Did not vote
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- 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
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller 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
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
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