To pass bill H. R. 8938. (p. 6396)

On May 11, 1918, the House voted 181–74 (HR 8938). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 138–14, Republicans 48–67, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 181
No: 74
Did not vote: 186
Date: May 11, 1918

By party

Democrats138 yes · 14 no · 74 didn’t vote
Republicans48 yes · 67 no · 108 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted yes
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted yes
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted yes
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted yes
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
James William Good R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted yes
Edward John King R-IL voted yes
Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted yes
Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
Michael Francis Phelan D-MA voted no
Peter Francis Tague D-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted yes
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted yes
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted yes
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted yes
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted yes
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted yes
George Blinn Francis R-NY voted yes
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted yes
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted yes
Richard Smith Whaley D-SC voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC voted no
Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC voted no
Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
David Guy Classon R-WI voted yes
Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV voted no
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 pass bill H. R. 8938. (p. 6396): House Vote, May 11, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-144/to-pass-bill-h-r-8938-p-6396 (accessed 2026-10-17).