House roll call 41 · 64th Congress · Apr 12, 1916
To order previous question on passage of S. 1424. (p. 5996-2,5997-2,5998-1)
On Apr 12, 1916, the House voted 174–75 (S 1424). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–65, Republicans 104–10, Others 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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
- 174
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 192
- Date
- Apr 12, 1916
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 65 no · 104 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 10 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John William Abercrombie D-AL voted yes
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- John Newton Tillman D-AR voted yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted no
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
- William Kettner D-CA voted yes
- Frank Clark D-FL voted yes
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted yes
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted yes
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- Charles Lieb D-IN voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
- Jouett Shouse D-KS voted yes
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted yes
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted yes
- Richard Olney D-MA voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- William Francis James R-MI voted no
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- John Francis Carew D-NY voted yes
- Warren Gard D-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted yes
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted yes
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted yes
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted yes
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted yes
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted yes
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John William Abercrombie D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- 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
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley O-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Charles Lieb D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Nelson Edwin Matthews R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edwin Darlington Ricketts R-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Seward Henry Williams R-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- William Kent I-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- James William Good R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker 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
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Tom Stout D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- George William Loft D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler O-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Joshua Edward Russell R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- William Crittenden Mooney R-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Joseph Casey D-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To order previous question on passage of S…: House Vote, Apr 12, 1916,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-H-41/to-order-previous-question-on-passage-of-s-1424 (accessed 2026-10-17).