Senate roll call 212 · 64th Congress · Aug 3, 1916
To agree to the conference report to agricultural dept. Appropriation bill, H.R. 12717, in order to agree on amendments appropriating $50,000 and $100,000 respe
On Aug 3, 1916, the Senate voted 34–25 (HR 12717). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–8, Republicans 6–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Aug 3, 1916
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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