Senate roll call 142 · 64th Congress · May 29, 1916
To amend H.R. 12193, by providing that no part of appropriations of $200,000 for improving the brazos river, texas shall be available until the army engineers o
On May 29, 1916, the Senate voted 28–32 (HR 12193). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–28, Republicans 22–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 29, 1916
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 28 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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