To amend H. R. 7795, which appropriates $50,000,000 for the purchase of seed grain and feed for live stock, to be supplied to farmers and stockmen and to create

On Mar 29, 1918, the House voted 183–132 (HR 7795). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 108–56, Republicans 73–73, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 129 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: 183
No: 132
Did not vote: 140
Date: Mar 29, 1918

By party

Democrats108 yes · 56 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans73 yes · 73 no · 77 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
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
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
James Walter Wise D-GA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted no
Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted no
John Morgan Evans D-MT voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no

And 49 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 7795, which appropriates…: House Vote, Mar 29, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-112/to-amend-h-r-7795-which-appropriates-50-000 (accessed 2026-10-17).