Senate roll call 1 · 64th Congress · Dec 10, 1915
To refer to the committee on public lands S. 777, a bill encouraging and promoting the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, gas, potassium, and sodium on the public
On Dec 10, 1915, the Senate voted 46–23 (S 777). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–22, Republicans 29–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 10, 1915
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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