Senate roll call 402 · 64th Congress · Mar 2, 1917
To amend H.R. 20632, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to create a naval emergency fund not to exceed sum of $115,000,000 by issuing circulating note
On Mar 2, 1917, the Senate voted 14–53 (HR 20632). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–33, Republicans 7–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1917
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 33 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 21 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee 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
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- 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
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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