House roll call 29 · 65th Congress · May 28, 1917
To recommit H. R. 4188, (40 stat-276), providing further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of a
On May 28, 1917, the House voted 81–221 (HR 4188). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–148, Republicans 75–79, Others 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 91 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
- 81
- No
- 221
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- May 28, 1917
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 148 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans75 yes · 79 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA voted yes
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- James William Good R-IA voted yes
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
- William Raymond Green R-IA voted yes
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA voted yes
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted yes
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted yes
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted yes
- Everett Sanders R-IN voted yes
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted yes
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted yes
- William Robert Wood R-IN voted yes
- Milton Kraus R-IN voted yes
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
- John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA voted yes
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME voted yes
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI voted yes
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted yes
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY voted yes
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted yes
- James Southworth Parker R-NY voted yes
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted yes
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted yes
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY voted yes
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
- Victor Heintz R-OH voted yes
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
- George White D-OH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA voted yes
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA voted yes
- John Marshall Rose R-PA voted yes
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA voted yes
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted yes
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA voted yes
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC voted yes
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted yes
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted yes
And 11 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- George White D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Newton Tillman D-AR
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- James Walter Kehoe D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- James Whetstone Overstreet D-GA
- Frank Park D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- John Randall Walker D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- William Johnson Graham R-IL
- Edward John King R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Thomas David Schall O-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Edward Cooper R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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