To dispense with calendar wednesday business for the day. (p. 1548-2,1549-1)

On Jan 17, 1917, the House voted 319–31. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–9, Republicans 141–21, Others 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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: 319
No: 31
Did not vote: 91
Date: Jan 17, 1917

By party

Democrats172 yes · 9 no · 51 didn’t vote
Republicans141 yes · 21 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Peter Davis Oakey R-CT voted no
Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI 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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