To recommit H. R. 4280 to the committee on ways and means. (p. 2817)

On May 23, 1917, the House voted 161–247 (HR 4280). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–201, Republicans 156–45, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 161
No: 247
Did not vote: 43
Date: May 23, 1917

By party

Democrats4 yes · 201 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans156 yes · 45 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
Edward John King R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted yes
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted yes
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted no
Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted no
Edward Voigt R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
David Guy Classon 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 recommit H. R. 4280 to the committee on…: House Vote, May 23, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-26/to-recommit-h-r-4280-to-the-committee-on (accessed 2026-10-17).