To recommit to the committee on appropriations bill H. R. 13708, (40 stat-1161, feb. 25, 1919), providing for the relief of such populations in europe and count

On Jan 13, 1919, the House voted 117–202 (HR 13708). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–166, Republicans 115–35, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: 117
No: 202
Did not vote: 133
Date: Jan 13, 1919

By party

Democrats1 yes · 166 no · 59 didn’t vote
Republicans115 yes · 35 no · 73 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Arthur Elston R-CA voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Frank Douglas Scott R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI 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 recommit to the committee on…: House Vote, Jan 13, 1919,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-219/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-appropriations-bill-h (accessed 2026-10-16).