Senate roll call 255 · 64th Congress · Dec 12, 1916
To amend an amendment H.R. 10384, by striking out after the "islands" the words "not possessed by the U.S." (p. 210-1)
On Dec 12, 1916, the Senate voted 12–46 (HR 10384). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–19, Republicans 0–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 12, 1916
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 28 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes 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
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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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