To pass H. R. 4280. (p. 2818)

On May 23, 1917, the House voted 329–76 (HR 4280). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 208–0, Republicans 119–79, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 79 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: 329
No: 76
Did not vote: 44
Date: May 23, 1917

By party

Democrats208 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 79 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Niels Juul R-IL voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Caleb Powers R-KY voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
William Henry Carter R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted no
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Oscar William Swift R-NY voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted no
Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY voted no
Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
William Frederick Waldow R-NY voted no
Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY voted no
Victor Heintz R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA voted no
John Marshall Rose 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
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted no
Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard 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. 4280. (p. 2818): House Vote, May 23, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-27/to-pass-h-r-4280-p-2818 (accessed 2026-10-17).