To amend bill H. R. 13366, (40 stat-1202, feb. 28, 1919), permitting any person who has served in the army in the present war to retain his uniform and personal

On Dec 16, 1918, the House voted 250–35 (HR 13366). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 125–22, Democrats 121–13, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 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: 250
No: 35
Did not vote: 170
Date: Dec 16, 1918

By party

Democrats121 yes · 13 no · 92 didn’t vote
Republicans125 yes · 22 no · 76 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Richard Olney D-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX voted no
Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted no
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT 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 bill H. R. 13366, (40 stat-1202…: House Vote, Dec 16, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-211/to-amend-bill-h-r-13366-40-stat-1202 (accessed 2026-10-17).