Senate roll call 182 · 64th Congress · Jul 18, 1916
To sustain the decision of the chair that an amendment to H.R. 15947 in the nature of general legislation is germane to an appropriation bill when the bill in q
On Jul 18, 1916, the Senate voted 45–17 (HR 15947). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–4, Republicans 12–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 45
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jul 18, 1916
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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