To amend S. 383, by making it lawful under the act for employees to agree together to stop work with a bona fide purpose of securing better wages or conditions

On Mar 6, 1918, the House voted 273–38 (S 383). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 148–14, Republicans 122–24, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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: 273
No: 38
Did not vote: 142
Date: Mar 6, 1918

By party

Democrats148 yes · 14 no · 64 didn’t vote
Republicans122 yes · 24 no · 77 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
James Peter Glynn R-CT voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
Merrill Moores R-IN voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Louis Convers Cramton R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Gilbert Archibald Currie R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Edward Winthrop Gray R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Edmund Platt R-NY voted no
Charles Bonnell Ward R-NY voted no
George Washington Edmonds R-PA voted no
Robert Douglas Heaton R-PA voted no
Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT 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 amend S. 383, by making it lawful under…: House Vote, Mar 6, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-H-93/to-amend-s-383-by-making-it-lawful-under (accessed 2026-10-17).