To adopt H. J. RES. 23, authorizing and directing the secretary of the interior to make an investigation and report upon the advisability of establishing and ma

On Jan 9, 1918, the House voted 277–39 (HJR 23). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 151–8, Republicans 122–31, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 39 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: 277
No: 39
Did not vote: 139
Date: Jan 9, 1918

By party

Democrats151 yes · 8 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans122 yes · 31 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
Loren Edgar Wheeler R-IL voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
Joseph Walsh R-MA voted no
Ira Greenlief Hersey R-ME voted no
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth R-MN voted no
Jacob Edwin Meeker R-MO voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Homer Peter Snyder R-NY voted no
Norman Judd Gould R-NY voted no
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
John Vandling Lesher D-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Richard Smith Whaley D-SC voted no
Martin Dies D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Atkins Jefferson Mclemore D-TX voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA 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 adopt H. J. RES. 23, authorizing and…: House Vote, Jan 9, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-66/to-adopt-h-j-res-23-authorizing-and-directing (accessed 2026-10-16).