To amend S. 3235, (40 stat-431, jan. 18, 1918) relating to amending section 32 of the federal farm loan act, approved july 17, 1916, so as to authorize the secr

On Jan 4, 1918, the House voted 216–69 (S 3235). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 152–4, Republicans 66–71, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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: 216
No: 69
Did not vote: 158
Date: Jan 4, 1918

By party

Democrats152 yes · 4 no · 70 didn’t vote
Republicans66 yes · 71 no · 86 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted yes
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted yes
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted yes
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted yes
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted yes
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted yes
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted yes
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted yes
John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted yes
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Edward Voigt R-WI voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
David Guy Classon R-WI voted yes
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted yes
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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 amend S. 3235, (40 stat-431, jan. 18…: House Vote, Jan 4, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-65/to-amend-s-3235-40-stat-431-jan-18 (accessed 2026-10-17).