House roll call 60 · 65th Congress · Dec 15, 1917
To move the previous question on H. J. RES. 174, promoting efficiencies, to utilize resources and industries of the United States, for lessening the expenses of
On Dec 15, 1917, the House voted 162–105 (HJR 174). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–17, Republicans 44–86, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 162
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 188
- Date
- Dec 15, 1917
By party
- Democrats115 yes · 17 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 86 no · 93 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Huddleston D-AL voted no
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted yes
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Niels Juul R-IL voted yes
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL voted yes
- Merrill Moores R-IN voted yes
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted yes
- William Robert Wood R-IN voted yes
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted yes
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Carter R-MA voted yes
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted yes
- John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted yes
- William Francis James R-MI voted yes
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted no
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
- Perl D. Decker D-MO voted no
- John Miller Baer R-ND voted yes
- George Morley Young R-ND voted yes
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH voted yes
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Siegel R-NY voted yes
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH voted no
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK voted no
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR voted yes
- George Potter Darrow R-PA voted yes
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
- John Marshall Rose R-PA voted yes
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted yes
- John Mary Morin R-PA voted yes
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX voted no
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX voted no
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oscar Lee Gray D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon 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
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Hiram Randall O-CA
- William Kettner D-CA
- Edward Keating D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- Albert Fawcett Polk D-DE
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- 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
- 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
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Niels Juul R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Clifford Cady Ireland R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- George Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Merrill Moores R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Edward Campbell Little R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Dudley Doolittle D-KS
- John Robert Connelly D-KS
- Jouett Shouse D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Whitmell Pugh Martin O-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA
- Michael Francis Phelan D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- William Henry Carter R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME
- Samuel Willard Beakes D-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Ernest Lundeen R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- William Webb Venable D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Ezekial Hood D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- John Miller Baer R-ND
- George Morley Young R-ND
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Sherman Everett Burroughs R-NH
- John Rathbone Ramsey R-NJ
- John Joseph Eagan D-NJ
- William Bell Walton D-NM
- Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY
- Meyer London O-NY
- Isaac Siegel R-NY
- Daniel Charles Oliver D-NY
- George Richard Lunn D-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- John Alexander Key D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Gordon D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Henry Ivory Emerson R-OH
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Nicholas John Sinnott R-OR
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Marshall Rose R-PA
- Bruce Foster Sterling D-PA
- Henry Alden Clark R-PA
- John Mary Morin R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell D-PA
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- Samuel Jones Nicholls D-SC
- Harry Luther Gandy D-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- Eugene Black D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- James Henry Mays D-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Arthur Elston R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Harry Edward Hull R-IA
- 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
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL
- Oscar Edward Bland R-IN
- Everett Sanders R-IN
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Milton Kraus R-IN
- Louis William Fairfield R-IN
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA
- Joseph Walsh R-MA
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- Louis Bertrand Goodall R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Douglas Scott R-MI
- Charles Archibald Nichols R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Harold Knutson 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
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Perl D. Decker D-MO
- Jeannette Rankin R-MT
- Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND
- Charles Frank Reavis R-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frederick Cocks Hicks R-NY
- George Blinn Francis R-NY
- George Murray Hulbert D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Edmund Platt R-NY
- Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY
- Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Homer Peter Snyder R-NY
- Walter Warren Magee R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- William Frederick Waldow R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Welty D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Clifton Nesmith Mcarthur R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly O-PA
- Joseph Mclaughlin R-PA
- Mahlon Morris Garland R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Walter Russell Stiness R-RI
- Ambrose Kennedy R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Charles Hall Dillon R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Milton Holmes Welling D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Edward Voigt R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- David Guy Classon R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Edward Cooper R-WV
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Ignatius Nolan R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- James Walter Wise D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Charles Martin D-IL
- John William Rainey D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten 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
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Daniel Webster Comstock R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders D-LA
- Ladislas Lazaro D-LA
- Samuel Ellsworth Winslow R-MA
- John Jacob Rogers R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Alvan Tufts Fuller O-MA
- Peter Francis Tague D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- James Ambrose Gallivan D-MA
- Richard Olney D-MA
- Jesse Dashiell Price D-MD
- Carville Dickinson Benson D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Pearce Coady D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Mark Reeves Bacon R-MI
- Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Carl Chester Van Dyke D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Frederick Essen R-MO
- Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO
- William Leo Igoe D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Jefferson Britt R-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ
- John Henry Capstick R-NJ
- William Fred Birch R-NJ
- Dow Henry Drukker R-NJ
- Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Joseph Vincent Flynn D-NY
- Harry Howard Dale D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frederick William Rowe R-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Griffin D-NY
- William Edward Cleary D-NY
- Oscar William Swift R-NY
- Reuben Locke Haskell R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Thomas Francis Smith D-NY
- Peter Joseph Dooling D-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Walter Marion Chandler R-NY
- Jerome Francis Donovan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Henry Bruckner D-NY
- James William Husted R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Norman Judd Gould R-NY
- Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY
- Thomas Byrne Dunn R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Charles Mann Hamilton R-NY
- Victor Heintz R-OH
- Warren Gard D-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Clement Laird Brumbaugh D-OH
- Arthur Warren Overmyer D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Martin Luther Davey D-OH
- George White D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK
- Joseph Bryan Thompson D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- Peter Edward Costello R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Thomas Weir Templeton R-PA
- Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA
- John Vandling Lesher D-PA
- Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA
- Andrew R. Brodbeck D-PA
- Charles Hedding Rowland R-PA
- Henry Joseph Steele D-PA
- Earl Hanley Beshlin D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Richard Smith Whaley D-SC
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- James Willard Ragsdale D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- James Clifton Wilson D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Walter Allen Watson D-VA
- James Pleasant Woods D-VA
- Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Adolphus Peter Nelson R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- George Meade Bowers R-WV
- Stuart Felix Reed R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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