To order previous question on H. RES. 540. (p. 4543-2,4545-1)

On Feb 28, 1917, the House voted 249–166 (HRE 540). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 140–77, Republicans 106–86, Others 3–4, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 163 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: 249
No: 166
Did not vote: 24
Date: Feb 28, 1917

By party

Democrats140 yes · 77 no · 15 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no
Republicans106 yes · 86 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
John Ignatius Nolan 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
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Frank Clark D-FL voted no
Emmett Wilson D-FL voted no
William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
James Mcandrews D-IL voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Joseph Taggart D-KS voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted no
James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
Ladislas Lazaro D-LA voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Ernest William Roberts R-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 Henry Carter R-MA voted no
Richard Olney D-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
Charles Pearce Coady D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted no
William Leo Igoe D-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted no
John Henry Capstick R-NJ voted no
Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ voted no
Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no

And 83 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 on H. RES. 540…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-147/to-order-previous-question-on-h-res-540-p (accessed 2026-10-16).