Senate roll call 114 · 64th Congress · May 6, 1916
To amend an amendment to H.R. 7617, (39 stat. 355, 7-11-16), a bill pertaining to giving aid to states in construction and maintance of roads which may be used
On May 6, 1916, the Senate voted 14–38 (HR 7617). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–30, Republicans 11–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 14
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- May 6, 1916
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 30 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- 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
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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