Senate roll call 37 · 64th Congress · Feb 21, 1916
To amend S. 3331, by providing that the right to occupy the public lands and the charges for the occupancy shall be fixed by the joint action of the secretaries
On Feb 21, 1916, the Senate voted 20–35 (S 3331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–19, Republicans 4–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 21, 1916
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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