House roll call 54 · 65th Congress · Oct 2, 1917
To suspend the rules and pass S. 2623, defining the status of citizens of the U.S. Who have entered the military or naval services of certain countries during t
On Oct 2, 1917, the House voted 232–4 (S 2623). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 123–3, Republicans 107–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 232
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 218
- Date
- Oct 2, 1917
By party
- Democrats123 yes · 3 no · 100 didn’t vote
- Republicans107 yes · 1 no · 115 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- William Raymond Green 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
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small 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
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-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
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- George White D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon 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
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
Did not vote
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald 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
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Warren Gard 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
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Alden Clark 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
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
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