Senate roll call 328 · 64th Congress · Feb 9, 1917
To amend H.R. 19119 (3-3-17), a bill making appropriations to provide for the expenses of government of the district of columbia for fiscal 1918, by proposing t
On Feb 9, 1917, the Senate voted 27–33 (HR 19119). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–11, Republicans 3–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 27
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 9, 1917
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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