Senate roll call 234 · 64th Congress · Aug 29, 1916
To amend H.R. 16763, by levying a tax of 8 per gallon on all still wines, including vermuth, upon imitation wines, imported wines into the U.S. And upon all win
On Aug 29, 1916, the Senate voted 41–4 (HR 16763). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–3, Republicans 13–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 41
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Aug 29, 1916
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- 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
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
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