Senate roll call 397 · 64th Congress · Mar 1, 1917
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 20632, (3-4-17), a bill making appropriations for the naval service for fiscal 1918, which amendment appropriates $300,000 for
On Mar 1, 1917, the Senate voted 32–33 (HR 20632). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–9, Republicans 3–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 1, 1917
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick 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
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the amendment to H.R. 20632…: Senate Vote, Mar 1, 1917,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-S-397/to-agree-to-the-amendment-to-h-r-20632 (accessed 2026-10-17).