To suspend the rules and pass bill S. 3911, (40 stat-558, may 22, 1918), to subscribe to the american national red cross. (p. 6816)

On May 20, 1918, the House voted 194–70 (S 3911). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 131–12, Republicans 61–58, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 70 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: 194
No: 70
Did not vote: 189
Date: May 20, 1918

By party

Democrats131 yes · 12 no · 83 didn’t vote
Republicans61 yes · 58 no · 104 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Everett Sanders R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Milton Kraus R-IN voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
John Jacob Rogers R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted no
Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Eagan D-NJ voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI 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 suspend the rules and pass bill S. 3911…: House Vote, May 20, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-152/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-bill-s-3911 (accessed 2026-10-17).