House roll call 46 · 65th Congress · Jul 31, 1917
To adopt H. RES. 126, authorizing the house to take up H. R. 4285 from the speakers table, and that Senate amendments be disagreed to and a conference committee
On Jul 31, 1917, the House voted 188–103 (HRE 126). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 137–24, Republicans 58–86, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 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
- 188
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 145
- Date
- Jul 31, 1917
By party
- Democrats137 yes · 24 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans58 yes · 86 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
- John Arthur Elston R-CA voted yes
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
- Edward Keating D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted yes
- William Robert Wood R-IN voted yes
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted no
- John Robert Connelly D-KS voted no
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- Caleb Powers R-KY voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted yes
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted no
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
- George Blinn Francis R-NY voted yes
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY voted yes
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted yes
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
- Victor Heintz R-OH voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted no
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted yes
- William Scott Vare R-PA voted yes
- George Scott Graham R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA voted yes
- George Potter Darrow R-PA voted yes
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted yes
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted yes
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC voted no
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted no
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-WA voted yes
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
Did not vote
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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