House roll call 109 · 64th Congress · Jan 9, 1917
To pass H. RES 437, providing the rule for consideration of S. J. RES. 190,making report of the joint sub-committee appointed under a joint resolution entitled
On Jan 9, 1917, the House voted 219–126 (HRE 437). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 177–11, Republicans 40–114, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 219
- No
- 126
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Jan 9, 1917
By party
- Democrats177 yes · 11 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 114 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT voted yes
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- James Peter Glynn R-CT voted yes
- James William Good R-IA voted yes
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
- William Raymond Green R-IA voted yes
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
- Edward John King R-IL voted yes
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted yes
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
- William Scott Vare R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA voted yes
- George Potter Darrow R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
- John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Coleman R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
- John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Tom Stout D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- William Kent I-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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