Senate roll call 107 · 64th Congress · May 1, 1916
To amend an amendment to S. 2986, by eliminating the clause requiring the President to select two members from each of the dominant political parties in appoint
On May 1, 1916, the Senate voted 5–45 (S 2986). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Republicans 5–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 1, 1916
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- 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
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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