House roll call 111 · 65th Congress · Mar 27, 1918
To amend H. R. 7795, by eliminating the enacting clause.
On Mar 27, 1918, the House voted 106–144 (HR 7795). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 83–56, Republicans 24–86, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 members voted against their own party.
During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 106
- No
- 144
- Did not vote
- 202
- Date
- Mar 27, 1918
By party
- Democrats83 yes · 56 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 86 no · 113 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
- Edward Keating D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted yes
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted no
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
- William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted yes
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted no
- William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted yes
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- William Bell Walton D-NM voted no
- William Edward Cleary D-NY voted no
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY voted no
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY voted no
- James William Husted R-NY voted yes
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
- George Richard Lunn D-NY voted no
- John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
- George White D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted yes
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted no
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA voted no
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
- James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray 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
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey 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 Delaney D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- 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
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- George White D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris 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
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward 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
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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