To sustain the decision of the chair, overruling the point of order that when an amendment to H.R. 19410, is objected to in the committee of the whole on the GR

On Feb 16, 1917, the Senate voted 25–45 (HR 19410). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–27, Republicans 14–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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: 25
No: 45
Did not vote: 30
Date: Feb 16, 1917

By party

Democrats11 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 18 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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