House roll call 116 · 65th Congress · Apr 4, 1918
To recommit to the committee on military affairs S. 3994, and report same back with an amendment to acquire the land by condemnation proceedings for military an
On Apr 4, 1918, the House voted 122–187 (S 3994). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–155, Republicans 123–28, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 122
- No
- 187
- Did not vote
- 144
- Date
- Apr 4, 1918
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 155 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Republicans123 yes · 28 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
- John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
- Edward John King R-IL voted no
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted no
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted no
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted no
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-WA voted no
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
- James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
- George Meade Bowers R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Edward John King R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- 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
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
Did not vote
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to the committee on military…: House Vote, Apr 4, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-116/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-military-affairs-s (accessed 2026-10-17).