House roll call 16 · 65th Congress · May 4, 1917
To amend H. R. 291 (40 stat, june 15, 1917), punishing acts of interference in the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the united sta
On May 4, 1917, the House voted 221–167 (HR 291). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 168–28, Democrats 53–142, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 221
- No
- 167
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- May 4, 1917
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 142 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans168 yes · 28 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL voted yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted yes
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted yes
- George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
- William Kettner D-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted yes
- Edward Keating D-CO voted yes
- Frank Clark D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
- Edward John King R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted yes
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted yes
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted yes
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
- William Henry Carter R-MA voted no
- Richard Olney D-MA voted yes
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted yes
- John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted no
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted no
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ voted no
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- John Stout Snook D-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted yes
- George White D-OH voted yes
- William Gordon D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
- William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted yes
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted yes
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted yes
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted yes
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood 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
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney 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
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell 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
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- George White D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham 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
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson 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
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead 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
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet 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
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Dudley Doolittle 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
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue 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
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-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
- 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
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg 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 Marvin Jones D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
Did not vote
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 291 (40 stat, june 15, 1917)…: House Vote, May 4, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-16/to-amend-h-r-291-40-stat-june-15 (accessed 2026-10-17).