To order the previous question on H.R. 465 providing to going into the committee of the whole for consideration of H.R. 12001, (40 stat-1156, feb. 25, 1919), am

On Dec 12, 1918, the House voted 297–23 (HR 12001). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 153–17, Democrats 141–6, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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: 297
No: 23
Did not vote: 135
Date: Dec 12, 1918

By party

Democrats141 yes · 6 no · 79 didn’t vote
Republicans153 yes · 17 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN 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 order the previous question on H.R. 465…: House Vote, Dec 12, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-208/to-order-the-previous-question-on-h-r-465 (accessed 2026-10-17).