Senate roll call 116 · 64th Congress · May 8, 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 maintenance of roads which may be use
On May 8, 1916, the Senate voted 20–47 (HR 7617). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–40, Republicans 19–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 20
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 8, 1916
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 40 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
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
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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