To pass H. R. 7795. (p. 4297)

On Mar 29, 1918, the House voted 250–67 (HR 7795). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 121–49, Republicans 132–24, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 members voted against their own party.

During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 250
No: 67
Did not vote: 124
Date: Mar 29, 1918

By party

Democrats121 yes · 49 no · 56 didn’t vote
Republicans132 yes · 24 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL voted no
Frank Clark D-FL voted no
William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA voted no
Frank Park D-GA voted no
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
William Carter Wright D-GA voted no
William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
James Walter Wise D-GA voted no
Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Isaac Bacharach 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
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC voted no
William Francis Stevenson D-SC voted no
James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
James Young D-TX voted no
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted no
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted no

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 pass H. R. 7795. (p. 4297): House Vote, Mar 29, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-113/to-pass-h-r-7795-p-4297 (accessed 2026-10-16).