Senate roll call 228 · 64th Congress · Aug 23, 1916
To amend the army appropriation bill, H.R. 17498, (app. 8-29-16), by providing that no one under 21 years can enlist in the military service without the consent
On Aug 23, 1916, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 17498). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–14, Republicans 4–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Aug 23, 1916
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 13 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the army appropriation bill, H.R…: Senate Vote, Aug 23, 1916,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-S-228/to-amend-the-army-appropriation-bill-h-r-17498 (accessed 2026-10-17).