House roll call 131 · 65th Congress · Apr 25, 1918
To refer H. RES. 307, relating to an investigation of the accounts and expenditures in the post office department, to the committee on post office and post road
On Apr 25, 1918, the House voted 156–151 (HRE 307). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 136–20, Republicans 17–129, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 156
- No
- 151
- Did not vote
- 148
- Date
- Apr 25, 1918
By party
- Democrats136 yes · 20 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 129 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
- Edward Keating D-CO voted no
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
- Niels Juul R-IL voted yes
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted yes
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted yes
- William Johnson Graham R-IL voted yes
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
- William Bell Walton D-NM voted no
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted no
- George White D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted yes
- James Henry Mays D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee 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
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering 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
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-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
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- 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
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- George White D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- John Franklin Miller 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
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- 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
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- 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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