Senate roll call 167 · 64th Congress · Jul 5, 1916
To consider H.R. 54, a bill to pension widosw and minor children of officers and enlisted men who served in the war with spain, the phillipine insurrection or i
On Jul 5, 1916, the Senate voted 34–26 (HR 54). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–22, Republicans 20–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 34
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 5, 1916
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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