House roll call 42 · 64th Congress · Apr 13, 1916
To pass S. 1424. (p. 6042-2)
On Apr 13, 1916, the House voted 211–96 (S 1424). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–82, Republicans 130–14, Others 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 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
- 211
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 133
- Date
- Apr 13, 1916
By party
- Democrats75 yes · 82 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Republicans130 yes · 14 no · 56 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
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted yes
- Frank Clark D-FL voted yes
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted yes
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey 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
- Joseph Taggart D-KS 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
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME voted yes
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
- William Francis James R-MI voted no
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- William Leo Igoe D-MO voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC voted yes
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted yes
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY voted yes
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
- Peter Joseph Dooling 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
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted yes
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted yes
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD voted yes
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted yes
- George Farmer Burgess 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
And 9 more.
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
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Arthur Elston O-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Dennison Stephens O-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Peter Davis Oakey R-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Thomas Woodnutt Miller R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-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
- John Charles Mckenzie 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
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield 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
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- George Ross Smith R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens 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
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Benigno Cárdenas Hernández R-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Michael Francis Farley D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- William Barclay Charles R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton 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
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- 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
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Abraham Lincoln Keister R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess 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
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Steele D-IA
- Clyde Howard Tavenner D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth 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
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson 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
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Warren Worth Bailey D-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele 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
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- James Harvey (Cyclone) Davis D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- William Kent I-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Stanley Benedict R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Emmett Wilson D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Tinsley White Rucker D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Robert McDowell Mccracken R-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- 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
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price 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
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Tom Stout D-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Charles Otto Lobeck 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
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- George William Loft 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 Southworth Parker R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-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
- William Henry David Murray D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds 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
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Cyrus William Beales R-PA
- Robert Freeman Hopwood R-PA
- Michael Liebel Jr. D-PA
- Solomon Taylor North R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- William Henry Coleman R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Paul Grier Mccorkle D-SC
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- James Young D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford 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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