To pass H. R. 5667, providing for the deportation of certain aliens. (p. 2969)

On Feb 27, 1918, the House voted 344–21 (HR 5667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 176–8, Democrats 168–13, Others 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 344
No: 21
Did not vote: 84
Date: Feb 27, 1918

By party

Democrats168 yes · 13 no · 45 didn’t vote
Republicans176 yes · 8 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
William Webb Venable D-MS voted no
Charles Pope Caldwell D-NY voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Rollin Brewster Sanford R-NY voted no
George Richard Lunn D-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
William Gordon D-OH voted no
Eugene Black D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
Thomas Walter Harrison D-VA voted no
Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA voted no
William Henry Stafford 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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