Senate roll call 243 · 64th Congress · Sep 5, 1916
To amend H.R. 16763, by eliminating sections establishing the tariff commission and doing away with said commission. (p. 13864-1,2)
On Sep 5, 1916, the Senate voted 5–55 (HR 16763). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–34, Republicans 0–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 5
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Sep 5, 1916
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 34 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- 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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