Senate roll call 236 · 64th Congress · Sep 2, 1916
To amend H.R. 17700, by providing that any person who shall knowningly or willfully obstruct or retard the operation of trains mentioned in SEC. 1 of this act s
On Sep 2, 1916, the Senate voted 14–52 (HR 17700). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–32, Republicans 5–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Sep 2, 1916
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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 Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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