To amend H. R. 4280, (40 stat-300, oct. 3,1917), a bill providing revenue to defray war expenses, by increasing the proposed rates of income tax. (p. 2419 2474

On May 23, 1917, the House voted 345–60 (HR 4280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 149–51, Democrats 191–8, Others 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 345
No: 60
Did not vote: 50
Date: May 23, 1917

By party

Democrats191 yes · 8 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans149 yes · 51 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Caleb Powers R-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
William Henry Carter R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted no
Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Oscar William Swift R-NY voted no
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted no
Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
William Scott Vare R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Peter Edward Costello R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted no
Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted no
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted no
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Edward Cooper R-WV voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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 amend H. R. 4280, (40 stat-300, oct…: House Vote, May 23, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-23/to-amend-h-r-4280-40-stat-300-oct (accessed 2026-10-17).