House roll call 112 · 64th Congress · Jan 16, 1917
To amend H. R. 19410 (39 stat. 1058, march 3, 1917), a bill making appropriations for the service of the post office department for fiscal 1918, and for other p
On Jan 16, 1917, the House voted 75–277 (HR 19410). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–156, Republicans 51–119, Others 4–3, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 75 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
- 75
- No
- 277
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Jan 16, 1917
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 156 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Republicans51 yes · 119 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
- William Raymond Green R-IA voted yes
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted yes
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Taggart D-KS voted yes
- Caleb Powers R-KY voted yes
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Carter R-MA voted yes
- David John Lewis D-MD voted yes
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted yes
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted yes
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted yes
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted yes
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted yes
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM voted yes
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted yes
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
- James Southworth Parker R-NY voted yes
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
- William Gordon D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- William Henry David Murray D-OK voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
- William Scott Vare R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
- William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted yes
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted yes
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted yes
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
- James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
- George Meade Bowers R-WV voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John William Abercrombie 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
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- 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
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker 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
- 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
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering 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
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton 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
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-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
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- 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
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner 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 Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood 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
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
Did not vote
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-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
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-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
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- John Joseph Casey 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
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 19410 (39 stat. 1058, march…: House Vote, Jan 16, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-112/to-amend-h-r-19410-39-stat-1058-march (accessed 2026-10-17).