Senate roll call 225 · 64th Congress · Aug 19, 1916
To amend the federal employees compensation act, H.R. 15316, (39 stat. 742,9-7-16), by transpiring the administration of the compensation law from three commiss
On Aug 19, 1916, the Senate voted 20–27 (HR 15455). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–27, Republicans 16–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Aug 19, 1916
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 27 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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