Senate roll call 303 · 64th Congress · Jan 18, 1917
To amend an amendment to H.R. 18542, by increasing the salary of the secretary of the farm loan board from $3,000 to $6,000. (p. 1594-1)
On Jan 18, 1917, the Senate voted 19–31 (HR 18542). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–14, Republicans 3–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jan 18, 1917
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- 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
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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