To dispense with the business of calendar wednesday today in order to consider S. 3752, the railroad control bill.

On Feb 20, 1918, the House voted 118–228 (S 3752). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–170, Republicans 112–59, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 118
No: 228
Did not vote: 105
Date: Feb 20, 1918

By party

Democrats5 yes · 170 no · 51 didn’t vote
Republicans112 yes · 59 no · 52 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Henry Zenas Osborne R-CA voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
Guy Tresillian Helvering D-KS voted yes
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted yes
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Caleb Powers R-KY voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
William Henry Carter R-MA voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted yes
John Miller Baer R-ND voted no
George Morley Young R-ND voted no
Patrick Daniel Norton R-ND voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Oscar William Swift R-NY voted no
Isaac Siegel R-NY voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Thomas Alberter Chandler R-OK voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
Aaron Shenk Kreider R-PA voted no
John Marshall Rose R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Henry Alden Clark R-PA voted no
Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA voted no
John Mary Morin R-PA voted no
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Ambrose Kennedy R-RI voted no
Charles Hall Dillon R-SD voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV 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 dispense with the business of calendar…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-81/to-dispense-with-the-business-of-calendar-wednesday-today (accessed 2026-10-17).