To pass a bill H. R. 2316, promoting export trade. (p. 3584)

On Jun 13, 1917, the House voted 241–29 (HR 2316). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 137–4, Republicans 101–23, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 241
No: 29
Did not vote: 185
Date: Jun 13, 1917

By party

Democrats137 yes · 4 no · 85 didn’t vote
Republicans101 yes · 23 no · 99 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Edward Keating D-CO voted no
Burton Erwin Sweet R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Oscar Edward Bland R-IN voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN voted no
Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Jeannette Rankin R-MT voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
John Mandt Nelson 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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