To order previous question H. RES. 434, providing for the consideration of S. 706, a bill relating to the retirement of judges.

On Feb 28, 1917, the House voted 309–95 (HRE 434). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 188–29, Republicans 118–63, Others 3–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 92 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: 309
No: 95
Did not vote: 36
Date: Feb 28, 1917

By party

Democrats188 yes · 29 no · 15 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no
Republicans118 yes · 63 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Peter Davis Oakey R-CT voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Caleb Powers R-KY voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no
James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted no
Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM voted no
Harry Howard Dale D-NY voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY voted no
George William Loft D-NY voted no
Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted no
Henry Bruckner D-NY voted no
James William Husted R-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Warren Worth Bailey D-PA voted no
Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA voted no
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
Walter Russell Stiness R-RI voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no

And 12 more.

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 order previous question H. RES. 434…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-143/to-order-previous-question-h-res-434-providing-for (accessed 2026-10-16).