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When Congress voted to declare war on Germany in April 1917, the vote passed, with only 50 representatives (and 6 senators) voting against it. A few months later when Congress voted to declare war on Germany's ally Austria-Hungary, the vote passed with only one representative voting against it (and zero senators).
Overwhelming supported it. The Senate voted unanimously while only Montana Representative Jeanette Rankin voted against it in the House.
Only Congress can declare war. Presidents can ask Congress to declare war . The presidents who made such a request and had it granted were James Madison (against Great Britain), James Polk (against Mexico), William McKinley(against Spain), Woodrow Wilson (against Germany and allies) and Franklin Roosevelt (against Japan and allies)
The one person who voted against war with Japan was Montana Republican Jeannette Rankin. She is sometimes said to have stated the she, as a woman, could not go to war and refused to send anyone else. Rankin, who was a pacifist, also voted against war with Germany in 1917.
Only two congressmen voted no to going to war with Vietnam.
The Senate vote to declare the War in 1812 was so close because the Federalists in Congress did not support the war, therefore didn't vote for it. Others in the Senate voted against the war as well.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916 from Montana. Rankin was known for her pacifist beliefs and she voted against U.S. entry into both World War I and World War II.
No. Actually they were part of the Allies in WWII.
Which war? WW1 or WW2
The USA and its Allies Against Japan
The Second Continental Congress occured immediatly after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Congress met to discuss the war against Great Britain.
Only one representative, Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from the 1st district of Montana, voted against the declaration of war against Japan. There were 388 votes in favor. The declaration of war against Germany and Italy followed three days later.