To recommit to the committee on the judiciary H.R. 12001. (p. 432)

On Dec 13, 1918, the House voted 113–168 (HR 1200). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 103–46, Democrats 11–121, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: 113
No: 168
Did not vote: 171
Date: Dec 13, 1918

By party

Democrats11 yes · 121 no · 94 didn’t vote
Republicans103 yes · 46 no · 74 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted yes
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted no
George Blinn Francis R-NY voted no
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted yes
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
John Marshall Rose R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted no
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted no
Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted yes
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to the committee on the…: House Vote, Dec 13, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-209/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-the-judiciary-h (accessed 2026-10-17).