To amend S. 3771, authorizing the President to coordinate or consolidate executive bureaus, agencies and offices, in the interest of economy and the more effici

On May 14, 1918, the House voted 88–213 (S 3771). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–150, Republicans 85–59, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 88
No: 213
Did not vote: 151
Date: May 14, 1918

By party

Democrats5 yes · 150 no · 71 didn’t vote
Republicans85 yes · 59 no · 79 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted no
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted no
Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY voted no
Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted no
William Frederick Waldow R-NY voted no
Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted yes
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted yes
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted yes
Walter Allen Watson D-VA voted yes
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
George Meade Bowers R-WV voted no
Stuart Felix Reed R-WV voted no
Edward Cooper R-WV voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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 amend S. 3771, authorizing the President…: House Vote, May 14, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-146/to-amend-s-3771-authorizing-the-president-to-coordinate (accessed 2026-10-17).