To recommit the report on bill H. R. 3132, (40 stat-542, may 9, 1918), amending section 2171 of revised statutes relating to naturalization, to the committee on

On May 3, 1918, the House voted 13–260 (HR 3132). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–137, Republicans 11–121, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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: 13
No: 260
Did not vote: 181
Date: May 3, 1918

By party

Democrats1 yes · 137 no · 88 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 121 no · 91 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted yes
Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted yes
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted yes
William Bell Walton D-NM voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted yes

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 recommit the report on bill H. R. 3132…: House Vote, May 3, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-136/to-recommit-the-report-on-bill-h-r-3132 (accessed 2026-10-16).