To amend H. RES. 180, providing for an assistant clerk for the committee on rules during the second session of the sixty-fifth Congress, by extending the term o

On Jan 26, 1918, the House voted 134–186 (HRE 180). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–156, Republicans 121–25, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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: 134
No: 186
Did not vote: 135
Date: Jan 26, 1918

By party

Democrats12 yes · 156 no · 58 didn’t vote
Republicans121 yes · 25 no · 77 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Niels Juul R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted yes
Harvey Helm D-KY voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY voted no
John Stout Snook D-OH voted yes
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson 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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