Senate roll call 333 · 64th Congress · Feb 14, 1917
On the question of sustaining chair's ruling which held to be in order the first branch of the post office committees amendment to H.R. 19410, which amendment a
On Feb 14, 1917, the Senate voted 53–14 (HR 19410). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–8, Republicans 24–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 53
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 14, 1917
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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
- 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 Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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 Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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