To direct the speaker to issue a warrant for the arrest of the absentees, motion made during debate on H. R. 1063, providing for the collection and disposal of

On Apr 22, 1918, the House voted 116–33. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 76–1, Republicans 38–32, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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: 116
No: 33
Did not vote: 305
Date: Apr 22, 1918

By party

Democrats76 yes · 1 no · 149 didn’t vote
Republicans38 yes · 32 no · 153 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Washington Larsen D-GA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
George Blinn Francis R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
William Frederick Waldow R-NY voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
Edward Cooper R-WV 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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