Senate roll call 131 · 64th Congress · May 24, 1916
To amend H.R. 12193, by eliminating appropriation of $200,000 hereto fore appropriated for continuing improvement from old washington to waco by the constructio
On May 24, 1916, the Senate voted 28–33 (HR 12193). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–31, Republicans 21–3. 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
- 28
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 24, 1916
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 31 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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