To order the previous question on H. R. 1691, conferring jurisdiction on the court of claims to hear and try certain longevity claims. (p. 2412)

On Feb 20, 1918, the House voted 261–50 (HR 1691). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 113–41, Democrats 143–9, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 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: 261
No: 50
Did not vote: 144
Date: Feb 20, 1918

By party

Democrats143 yes · 9 no · 74 didn’t vote
Republicans113 yes · 41 no · 69 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
John Ignatius Nolan R-CA voted no
Harry Edward Hull R-IA voted no
William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Niels Juul R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
William Johnson Graham R-IL voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
Louis William Fairfield R-IN voted no
Jouett Shouse D-KS voted no
Willfred Weymouth Lufkin R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Frederick William Rowe R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Harry Hayt Pratt R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
Arthur Granville Dewalt D-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
John Marshall Rose R-PA voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Henry Joseph Steele D-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
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
David Guy Classon 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order the previous question on H. R…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-83/to-order-the-previous-question-on-h-r-1691 (accessed 2026-10-17).