To adjourn, motion made during debate on H. RES. 197, determining the procedure to be followed during consideration of H. R. 7731, which proposes to amend sect

On Dec 18, 1917, the House voted 97–184. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–138, Republicans 87–41, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 97
No: 184
Did not vote: 174
Date: Dec 18, 1917

By party

Democrats9 yes · 138 no · 79 didn’t vote
Republicans87 yes · 41 no · 95 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
James Walter Wise D-GA voted yes
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted no
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted yes
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted no
Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Henry Joseph Steele D-PA voted yes
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI 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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