House roll call 146 · 64th Congress · Feb 28, 1917
To adjourn, made during consideration of H. RES. 540. (p. 4543-1)
On Feb 28, 1917, the House voted 49–348. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–175, Republicans 19–167, Others 0–7, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 51 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
- 49
- No
- 348
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 28, 1917
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 175 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Republicans19 yes · 167 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
- Frank Clark D-FL voted yes
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted yes
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted yes
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY voted yes
- James Paul Maher D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Oscar William Swift R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bruckner D-NY voted yes
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted yes
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA voted yes
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA voted yes
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX voted yes
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted yes
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- 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
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
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
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent I-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy 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
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller 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
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell 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
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-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
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- 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
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney 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
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller 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
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-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
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-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
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt 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
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-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
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider 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
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett 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
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-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
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-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
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- James Hay D-VA
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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