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by Frederick Franklin Schrader

In the Senate 43 Democrats and 39 Republicans voted aye and in the House 193 Democrats, 177 Republicans and three Independents (Fall of Massachusetts, Martin of Louisiana and Schall of Minnesota) voted affirmatively, while 16 Democrats and 32 Republicans, 1 Socialist and 1 Independent (Randall) voted in the negative. Miss Rankin, the first woman member of the lower House of Congress, voted against war.

The Senators voting “no” were Lane, Stone and Vardaman, Democrats, and Gronna, La Follette and Norris, Republicans.

In the lower House the members who voted against war were the following:

Alabama—Almon, Burnett.

California—Church, Hayes, Randall.

Colorado—Hilliard, Keating.

Illinois—Britten, Rodenberg, Fuller, Wheeler, King, Mason.

Iowa—Haugen, Woods, Hull.

Kansas—Connelly, Little.

Michigan—Bacon.