Senate roll call 291 · 64th Congress · Jan 8, 1917
To agree to the conference report on H.R. 10384. (p. 994-1,996-2)
On Jan 8, 1917, the Senate voted 56–10 (HR 10384). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–8, Republicans 27–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 56
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 8, 1917
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-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
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- 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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