To amend H.R. 9685, providing for the operation of transportation systems while under federal control, and for the just compensation of their owners, by authori

On Feb 28, 1918, the House voted 165–210 (HR 9685). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–161, Republicans 137–50, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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: 165
No: 210
Did not vote: 72
Date: Feb 28, 1918

By party

Democrats29 yes · 161 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans137 yes · 50 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
George Huddleston D-AL voted yes
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
James Walter Wise D-GA voted yes
William Washington Larsen D-GA voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
Jared Young Sanders D-LA voted yes
Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted yes
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC voted yes
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Oscar William Swift R-NY voted no
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted no
George Blinn Francis R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
William Frederick Waldow R-NY voted no
Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
William Gordon D-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
William Scott Vare R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
Peter Edward Costello R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA voted no
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted no
John Mary Morin R-PA voted no
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted no
Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA voted no
Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted yes
William Francis Stevenson D-SC voted yes
James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted yes
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted yes
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX voted yes
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted yes
Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted yes
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA 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 H.R. 9685, providing for the…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-89/to-amend-h-r-9685-providing-for-the-operation (accessed 2026-10-17).