To adopt the conference report on H. R. 3971, (40 stat-182, june 15, 1917), making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the milita

On Jun 7, 1917, the House voted 114–184 (HR 3971). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 93–58, Republicans 22–123, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 114
No: 184
Did not vote: 153
Date: Jun 7, 1917

By party

Democrats93 yes · 58 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 123 no · 78 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

Oscar Lee Gray D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted no
John Newton Tillman D-AR voted no
Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
James Walter Kehoe D-FL voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Carl Vinson D-GA voted no
John Randall Walker D-GA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted yes
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
William Raymond Green R-IA voted yes
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted no
John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
Victor Heintz R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH voted no
Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted no
Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted no
Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
William Scott Vare R-PA voted yes
Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA voted no
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted yes

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 adopt the conference report on H. R…: House Vote, Jun 7, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-33/to-adopt-the-conference-report-on-h-r-3971 (accessed 2026-10-17).