To agree to H. RES. 180, providing for an assistant clerk for the committee on rules during the second session of the sixty-fifth Congress. (p. 1295-2)

On Jan 26, 1918, the House voted 176–112 (HRE 180). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 148–4, Republicans 23–107, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 176
No: 112
Did not vote: 167
Date: Jan 26, 1918

By party

Democrats148 yes · 4 no · 74 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 107 no · 93 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Oscar Lee Gray D-AL voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted yes
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted yes
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY voted yes
John Stout Snook D-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted yes
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
David Guy Classon R-WI 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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