To pass H.R. 13708 (40 stat 1161, 2/25/1919), providing for the relief of such populations in europe and countries contiguous thereto outside of germany, austri

On Jan 13, 1919, the House voted 242–73 (HR 13708). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 154–9, Republicans 88–65, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 242
No: 73
Did not vote: 134
Date: Jan 13, 1919

By party

Democrats154 yes · 9 no · 63 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 65 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO 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
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted no
Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV 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 pass H.R. 13708 (40 stat 1161…: House Vote, Jan 13, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-220/to-pass-h-r-13708-40-stat-1161-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).