Senate roll call 329 · 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 providing t
On Feb 9, 1917, the Senate voted 32–21 (HR 19119). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–19, Republicans 21–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 32
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Feb 9, 1917
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 19 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 2 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
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
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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