Senate roll call 277 · 64th Congress · Jan 2, 1917
To proceed to the consideration of executive business in order to consider the nomination of winthrop m. Daniels for the interstate commerce commission. (p. 74
On Jan 2, 1917, the Senate voted 29–26. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–2, Republicans 0–26. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 29
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jan 2, 1917
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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