House roll call 147 · 65th Congress · May 14, 1918
To pass bill S. 3771, authorizing the President to coordinate or consolidate executive bureaus, agencies and offices, in the interest of economy and the more ef
On May 14, 1918, the House voted 294–2 (S 3771). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 160–0, Republicans 142–2, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 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
- 294
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- May 14, 1918
By party
- Democrats160 yes · 0 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Republicans142 yes · 2 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo 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
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- William Joseph Sears 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
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-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
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- George White D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser 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
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-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
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
How each representative voted: No
Did not vote
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James William Good R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner 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
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-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
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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