To recommit H.R. 12193 to the committee on commerce with instructions to report a substitute therefore appropriating an amount not in excess of $20,000,000. (p

On May 29, 1916, the Senate voted 27–41 (HR 12193). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–30, Republicans 18–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 27
No: 41
Did not vote: 26
Date: May 29, 1916

By party

Democrats13 yes · 30 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
John Downey Works R-CA voted no
Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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